Froz

Roman Gorskiy (born August 25, 1985), known as Froz, is a competitive breakdancer born in Russia and raised in Italy.

Biography

Roman Gorskiy was born in Moscow, Russia, on August 25, 1985. His father was coach of the Russian national women's tennis team, and due to his work issues the family moved to Conversano, Italy, in 1993. Roman Gorskiy practised basketball, tennis and karate. In 2004, he moved to Milan and joined the breakdancing crew Bandits; Eventually, he competed at the world championship in Seoul, Korea.

In 2015, he provided live commentary for the broadcast of the Red Bull BC One, held in Rome, for Radio 105 visiting teacher and judge on the Italian television talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi.

In 2018, in Milan, Gorskly contributed to found the first professional breakdance academy in Italy.

The grandson of a Red Army soldier, Gorskly is openly sympathetic toward communism. He is an admirer of the Italian communist leader Enrico Berlinguer, and has competed wearing a red jacket with the СССР logo or a T-shirt with the symbol of the Italian partisans.