Paco Peña's Solera the perfect flamenco blend at Sadler's Wells

By Graham Watts, 24 April 2022

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“despite knocking on the octogenarian door, Peña’s mastery of the guitar is undiminished”

Reviewed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London on 20 April 2022

Solera (Fernando Romero)

Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company

Jude Kelly, Director

Paco Peña, Guitar

Dani de Morón, Guitar

Rafael Montilla, Guitar

Iván Carpio, Flamenco singer

Inmaculada Rivero, Flamenco singer

Julio Alcocer, Percussion

Ángel Muñoz, Dancer

Gabriel Matías, Dancer

Adriana Bilbao, Dancer

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Graham Watts

Graham Watts is a freelance dance writer and critic writing regularly for Dancing Times, Dance Europe, Danza Europa, and many more publications. He regularly writes features for Sadler’s Wells, London Coliseum and La Scala. Chairman of the Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle in the United Kingdom and of the UK National Dance Awards he has interviewed many of the greatest names in dance including Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Boris Eifman, Alexei Ratmansky, Andris Liepa, Sir Peter Wright, David Bintley and Dame Gillian Lynne. When not involved in dance Graham is a keen fencer, and has captained the British Sabre team.