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Eighteen dancers in period attire filled the stage, their castanets adding a chattering commentary to neat ballet jumps and turns, making them buzz.

She still has her wooden castanets from about 80 years ago and can still, just about, raise her leg to her head.

All castanets and flamenco skirts, this is a big, ballsy cabaret number about love driving you crazy.

She dressed in an elaborate cloak, wielded a guitar and castanets and, when it was her turn to step into the center of the group and dance, did her best to master complex choreography.

Jokes aside, those early experiences of singing, dancing and playing guitar and castanets were formative.