Miss Coco Flamenco: Fl-amazing Dance that’s Anti-Bullying!
THE most effective and FUN anti-bullying moves you’ll find! Miss Coco Flamenco safely guides students to express and transmute feelings – the time-tested, awe-inspiring Flamenco way. Clap and stomp on this cross-cultural, interactive journey from bully troubles to brave triumph!
In-Person or Virtual/Online for Schools and Camps!
Age Range: PreK-12Request Pricing & Dates
From Pre-kinders to graduating seniors, “Fl-amazing” students clap sadness into joy, stomp anger into peace, and spin fears into bravery. Miss Coco Flamenco is their high-energy guide on an interactive journey to Spain, 500 years ago, when bullied immigrants were forced to hide in caves – and Flamenco rhythms of rebellion were born. Giggle along as your students learn how Flamenco creates triumph over troubles by expressing and transmuting their feelings.
Educators – Get more VALUE for your ARTS FUNDING!
Miss Coco delivers so much more than “just” a dance show. She was a university department chair, so she includes:
- SEL/Character development
Students describe the feelings these dances and movements evoke inside themselves
- PE
Everyone’s up and moving, with an onstage spotlight on volunteers*
- Human Geo
Bullying was always a thing – let’s overcome it now!
- Yes, even Math
From rhythmic clapping to calculating “How many years ago was Miss Coco bullied in 3rd grade?”
How Flamenco Works:
Stomping is a natural, universal way to express anger. Lifting the collar bones is a surprising way to instantly build confidence out of fear. And what’s more joyful than playing castanets or fluttering a fan? Flamenco harnesses all these emotions into a dynamic, creative energy – one that allows us to hold our ground AND communicate cooperatively. While having fun!
Your students will hold their heads higher, stand taller, and laugh louder – and with more joy, peace, and bravery – during their 45 minutes with Miss Coco. She bursts onto your stage/MPR/classroom in authentic Flamenco attire, to a curated blend of recorded traditional and fusion Flamenco music. Miss Coco gets everyone to join in, move, and express their feelings in her signature safe space, as she teaches how an oppressed mix of immigrants created a unique – and unified – rhythmic rebellion. Let’s feel how the “fl-amazing” artform of FLAMENCO STILL TRIUMPHS OVER TROUBLES!
*As an MD and a lifelong performer, Miss Coco is fully capable and completely happy to accommodate special populations within your school. Let’s discuss how she can serve your unique needs!
NOTE: As an artist-graduate of the respected Brehm Residency at Fuller Seminary, Coco can tailor her presentation to faith-based schools. Much of the core of Flamenco music comes from Jewish lament.
Flamenco Fun Facts:
Where it started:
Southern Spain, more specifically the Andalusia region that includes the 8 provinces of Sevilla, Granada, Malaga, Huelva, Cadiz, Cordoba, Jaen, and Almeria.
Where it thrives now:
All over the world! Miss Coco herself has studied, performed, and/or taught across the US as well as Madrid, Jerez de la Frontera, and Amsterdam.
Original cultural influences:
Hebraic, Middle Eastern, North African, Indian, Eastern European (Roma) – a motley crew of oppressed immigrants who collaborated to create the original “protest music”!
Current fusion:
Jazz, rock, modern dance… and for Miss Coco, Spoken Word!
As a person of faith, Miss Coco has prior experience and can speak to faith-based schools as requested.
Professional Development… That doesn’t FEEL like PD (because I’ve been there!)
As a 30-year educator and 5-year administrator who’s sat through more eye-rolling PD than I’d like to admit, I want to deliver the most unique and refreshing PD session you’ve ever experienced!
I’ll tailor a blend of Flamenco dance, music, fitness, and culture with my signature light-hearted AND heart-tugging storytelling – to fit what YOU want to get out of it. Whether you want a 30-minute after-school pick-me-up, a half-day training in “Secretly Awesome SEL” for your classrooms, a full-day or multi-day workshop with breakouts that lift your souls as much as your curricula, or if you simply want to be entertained with an all-out show… I’ve got your back. With great Flamenco posture, to boot!
Go ahead, “protest” the same-old-same-old PD with the original “protest music” and dance – Flamenco, created by an oppressed people… and still breaking new ground today.
About Miss Coco:
Coco Cabrel, MD, brings 30 years of Flamenco, anatomy, and neurophysiology to your students – even longer for Philippine dance! She has taught at every level – from pre-school through grad school and beyond – as a professional Flamenco dancer/choreographer AND a teaching medical doctor and academic department chair. A lifelong professional performer, she’s an award-winning expert in blending student and teacher engagement with data-based pedagogy… with such grace and humor, no one realizes they just learned a ton of life lessons.
Coco, a graduate of Northwestern University’s prestigious Honors Program in Medical Education, has appeared as “The Flamenco-Fit MD” on nationally syndicated “The List TV” 6X, ABC10’s “Your California Life” twice, KTLA’s “LA Unscripted” twice, and Spectrum News1 LA. She’s been a speaker for conferences including Digital Hollywood and Go All In Fest, and she’s been interviewed for many podcasts and magazines. Her podcast interview for Northwestern Intersections was voted a Top 3 Podcast of 2020 by Northwestern University alumni around the world.
And check out the “Miss Coco Flamenco Show” featured segment on nationally syndicated “Spirit of Innovation: Arts Across America,” which includes interviews with educators like you on how they secured and used their state arts funding (originally aired May, 2024):
