LIVE THEATRE

The Spanish department were delighted to welcome back former LGGS student, Kira Browne. Kira left LGGS in 2013 having studied Biology, Chemistry, French and Spanish at A-level and she went onto study Spanish, Catalán and Italian at Durham, embracing opportunities to live all over the world, from Italy to Peru, via Finland! More recently she has been living and working in Spain, firstly as an English language teaching assistant in Castellón and then as a waitress in the flamenco capital of the world, Seville, so that she could fulfil her ultimate dream of learning to dance, and very much master, flamenco. Having ended her time in Spain with an epic three-month cycle tour across France, Spain and Italy, taking in the Pyrenees en route, Kira has now returned back to the UK to begin a PGCE to become a Primary School teacher. With two days of excess energy and window of 48 hours of time to fill, Kira very kindly offered to come to LGGS to give our students an end of term treat. This week, four classes of lucky students from Years 8, 9 and 12 have been privileged to experience flamenco workshops with Kira, and to hear her talk about her experiences of language learning and living and working abroad. Pupils learnt a flamenco dance choreographed by Kira herself, based on the 'tango' style of flamenco (unrelated to Argentine tango), and got to try out their skills with castanets and a mantón; a beautifully woven piece of fabric used by flamenco dancers to add that extra flair. Learning languages can give you wings, and Kira has certainly flown with hers.

¡Mil veces gracias, Kira!

Ms Kate Whitehouse, Head of MFL