The Brief and Wondrous Portrait of Susan Frankovich
One cannot really write about Susan Frankovich in a strictly chronological fashion, or by following the rules of writing by the book. Just following the rules is not her style – and that`s because she likes to invent her own. And so, an ordinary and conventional portrait of Susan is not an option. An original and offbeat approach is what she deserves, and what describes her life, character and art best.
~Tajna Podbreznjak
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Susan Frankovich is one of my favorite people on planet earth, she has a tremendous sense of humor and honesty about her spirit that refreshes everyone who is lucky enough to be in her presence. She is also a phenomenal and well-informed Tribal Fusion instructor with well-paced, easy to follow classes. Students will emerge with many useful techniques and interesting combinations that will help propel them to the next level. Her dancing is simply exquisite. She moves with both feet firmly rooted into the earth and delicious hips that conjure up the swells of the ocean, topped with strong, serpentine arms sinuously carving shapes in the sky.
~Kaeshi Chai, Artistic Director of Bellyqueen
Susan's movements are juicy, and milk each note of the music for what it is worth!
~Olivia Kissel
This June I was blessed to have 4 hours of private lessons with Susan. I decided to study with her kind of on a whim. I did’t know anyone who had studied with her or seen her perform live, and she has a limited selection of videos on YouTube, not all of which are very clear. But my heart told me to study with her during her recent visit to NYC (she currently lives in Croatia), and so I sent her an email. By some miracle of miracles, she accepted me as a student, and she is hands down the best teacher I have ever had (that includes all the teachers I’ve worked with for ballet, tap, jazz, etc.). Let me give you an example: Susan noticed that when I layer a chest lift on top of a large, slow hip shimmy, my chest lift goes about two degrees to the right rather than straight forward. That’s the kind of thing I probably never would have noticed nor would anyone else. She also figured out the key to fixing my kyphosis. After just a few yoga/pilates exercises designed to disarm my trapezius, I was visibly standing straighter. She figured this out after 10 minutes of watching me dance. Teachers that I’ve worked with for 10+ years have been completely stumped by my poor posture, and she figured it out in 10 minutes. I am an official lifelong fan!