Rocío Molina: Calentamiento review – an electrifying blast of punky flamenco

Sadler’s Wells, London Molina says she wants a show that never finishes – this one is endlessly thrilling and surprising Rocío Molina has completely redefined what flamenco can be. Some purists say she’s not flamenco at all, and when, three quarters of the way through her latest piece, Calentamiento , she sits down at a drum kit and starts bashing out a 4/4 rock beat, maybe you would agree with them. But however crazy things get two hours in, everything is built on the pure craft of the flamenco dancer, and that’s where we start in this piece on the subject of beginnings. Calentamiento means w

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