Teacher gets Lilly grant to take flamenco lessons

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Submitted by Tonya Martin
Rae Bosio, a Spanish teacher at Raymond Park Middle School, has received an $8,000 Lilly Endowment Teacher Creativity Fellowship to bring flamenco dancing to her sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students.


This summer, Bosio will fly to Seville, Spain, to study at the Taller De Flamenco School.
Bailar -- to dance -- is one of the first verbs Spanish students learn. Instead of stopping at verb conjugations, however, Bosio intends to involve her students in a more hands-on approach to learning the culture and words of Spain.
To extend the activity, Bosio will also offer an after-school club next school year that will not only teach flamenco dancing but incorporate cooking to bring the Spanish experience to all of the senses.


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tags: flamenco, baile, cante, flamenca