(noticia) Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras, Sadler's Wells, London

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Fancy footwork and diva worship
By Zoë Anderson
Published: 15 February 2006

As the British winter drags on, the Sadler's Wells Flamenco Festival promises a fortnight of bright colour and rousing rhythm. Featuring a range of singers, dancers and flamenco styles, it opened with Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras.

Baras, who appeared at the 2005 festival, has "got art" since we last saw her. Her strength and skill is still there, but you have to wait longer for it. There's a lot of wafting around. The show Sabores, which premiered in Paris in December, starts with an artful picture of stage preparation. A hat, a guitar and a pair of shoes wait in a spotlight; dancers wander on, fixing their hair, buckling their shoes. A portraitof a flamenco dancer is carried on, then carried off again.

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