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Dir: Rojas & Rodriguez.
Cast: Nuevo Ballet Espanol, Mahera, Maria del Mar Fernandez
Description: The acclaimed company showcases a series of bulerias, tangos, zapateado, jales and martinets, with a contemporary edge. Music is performed by the flamenco band Mahera, accompanied by the singer Maria Del Mar Fernandez.
Trains: Tube: Holborn/Temple 
Phone: 0844412 4322
Website: www.sadlerswells.com
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I admit it - I have a crush on Rojas and Rodriguez. The Spanish dancing duo have the sort of Take That hairdos that bring out the teen-screamer in me, something their stubbly chins only aids and abets. Being on first name terms (Rojas! Rodriguez!) only adds to their Boy Band appeal - not to mention their pert posteriors.
Rojas and Rodriguez have an amiable show at the Peacock Theatre featuring 11 dancers and eight numbers. The programme calls it, a “passionate panorama” of flamenco - something Trades Descriptions should swoop on. Trading Standards should also nail the costumes, which were perilously matching (pink earrings and pink hair combs!), while Rojas and Rodriguez’s suits may feature drip-dry fabrics.
Having a crush on Rojas and Rodriguez means I’m pained to call their show mild-mannered, but mild-mannered it is - and no amount of mixing up modern and traditional styles with accents of traditional Spanish and contemporary dance, as the programme puts it, changes things. It’s all wonderfully bland and accessible, which will annoy purists, something I used to be until I saw Rojas and Rodriguez.
Conventional flamenco requires the dancers to be so isolated in their anguish as to barely acknowledge the audience. There’s none of that here.
There were a couple of floaty bits, a couple of rattan chairs, and some snazzy lighting. The choreographed group dances felt by-the-yard, although the improv-looking sections had us olé-ing like good ’uns. It won’t surprise you to know that Rojas and Rodriguez received the loudest cheer.
Until 15 November. Information 0844 412 4300. www.sadlerswells.com
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