{"id":8410,"date":"2026-05-26T14:47:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T20:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/denver-cory-merrill\/?post_type=team_member&#038;p=8410"},"modified":"2026-05-26T14:47:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T20:47:34","slug":"flora-josephine-silberman-professional-dance-instructor","status":"publish","type":"team_member","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/denver-cory-merrill\/member\/flora-josephine-silberman-professional-dance-instructor\/","title":{"rendered":"Flora Josephine Silberman &#8211; Professional Dance Instructor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Place of Birth:<\/strong>\u00a0Denver, Colorado<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite Food:<\/strong>\u00a0Anything home-cooked<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite Music:<\/strong>\u00a0Indie Folk, classic\/folk rock, jazz<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite Dance:<\/strong>\u00a0Whichever one I\u2019m doing<\/p>\n<p><strong>Competition Style:<\/strong>\u00a0Eager to get started<\/p>\n<p><strong>What I love Most About Teaching:<\/strong>\u00a0I love getting to introduce people to the magic of dance! I truly believe that learning how to dance can mean learning how to live more authentically, confidently, and joyfully.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Whom I admire most and why:\u00a0<\/strong>I admire each of the dance teachers that I have had. I admire that they would bring their expertise and patience to class, helping their students to grow and learn as dancers and people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>One Thing Most People Don&#8217;t Know About Me:<\/strong>\u00a0I worked for an urban-farming nonprofit for a few years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BIO:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Flora has been dancing for her whole life. She grew up doing contemporary, modern, and tap dance at Between the Bones, a student dance theater in Denver. At home, Flora and her mom often enjoyed watching Fred Astaire\u2019s films together. While in high school, Flora discovered West Coast Swing and Lindy Hop. She fell in love with the connection and improvisation of partnered dances and has since traveled across the country to learn more by attending various partner dance events. Currently, they are studying for a B.A. in Dance at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Flora is looking forward to complementing her dance degree by beginning her career at Fred Astaire!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8411,"template":"","class_list":["post-8410","team_member","type-team_member","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/denver-cory-merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_member\/8410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/denver-cory-merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_member"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/denver-cory-merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team_member"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/denver-cory-merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/denver-cory-merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}