Flamenc Oh!! review – frills, flirting and fierce footwork in breezy Spanish comedy

Assembly Hall, Edinburgh Can you dance flamenco to Eye of the Tiger? Of course, says the company Yllana, in a flamboyant celebration of breaking down barriers You don’t need to know anything about flamenco to enjoy Flamenc Oh!! That overuse of exclamation marks gives you an idea of the subtlety of this fun/silly dance-comedy by Spanish company Yllana, based on flamenco’s battle between tradition and modernity (which is a real thing in the flamenco world, with its division between purists and progressives). Here is our patriarch with his straight spine and authoritarian streak, banning all music other than flamenco from his family. There’s mother and daughter in polka dots and frills, the son forever trying (and failing) to impress his dad, and their hunk of a cousin who has returned from his travels with some new guitar chords and a love of the blues, ready to upset the status quo...