There’s something in the way he moves. Shinya Suzuki (Ryoma Takeuchi), Japan’s reigning Latin dance champion, has the kind of physical prowess that can make grown men weep. The first time he demonstrates the basics of Cuban motion to his starchy near-namesake, standard ballroom supremo Shinya Sugiki (Keita Machida), he whips his shirt off and doesn’t so much wiggle his hips as make his entire body ripple.

With his tousled blond hair, bad-boy aura and perfect abs, Suzuki is the kind of guy you’d take to your bed, but probably not to meet your parents. Takeuchi inhabits the role with such gusto, you’d never guess he didn’t have any prior dance experience. It’s a master class in “peacock acting” — and the main reason for watching Keishi Otomo’s otherwise plodding “10 Dance.”

This Netflix original, adapted from a BL (boys’ love) manga series by pseudonymous writer Inouesatoh, promises a flamboyant mix of dance-floor action and queer romance. But for the most part it’s a flat-footed and deeply unsexy affair, almost as if the producers had a chastity coordinator on hand during the shoot, ready to pounce whenever things threatened to get too steamy.

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