Spain’s foremost flamenco dancer Sara Baras, having wowed audiences in London and Paris, brings her spectacle ‘Juana la loca’ to Madrid. Queen of Castille, Juana’s tormented childhood led to a behaviour during her reign that earned her the possibly unfair moniker of ‘the Mad Queen’, and Baras gives this biography a sensational flamenco treatment. Superbly choreographed, each different flamenco ‘palo’ (rhythm) represents a different phase of Juana’s turbulent existence. Baras is accompanied by the excellent José Serrano, ten other dancers, three ‘cantaores’, two guitarists, a violinist and a percussionist.
