Ballet – so graceful, so beautiful … yet so ripe for parody. When left in the hands of a suitably oafish comic a lá Will Ferrell, a ballet performance might later haunt audience members in their sleep ...

Founded in 1974, the original Ballet Trockadero was a proving ground in which all forms of societal constraints on classical ballet were broken down. The founders created a sort of masquerade, wherein ...

The world’s foremost gender-skewing comic ballet, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo is an all-male ballet company famous for its humorous and highly skilled performances of classical ballet. In ...

3 OH, MARY! Reveals Tour Dates and Cities For 2026-27 4 OPERATION MINCEMEAT Reveals 2026-27 Tour Dates and Cities Graceful dancers, tulle, pointe shoes and—is that chest hair!? Founded by a group of ...

The comic ballet company “Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo” will perform at 8 p.m, Feb. 24 in the IU Auditorium. The dance group, also known as “The Trocks,” is celebrating their 50th anniversary ...

Think ballet is stuffy and boring? You haven’t seen The Trocks. Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, affectionately known as the Trocks, bill themselves as “the world’s foremost gender-skewering ...

BECKET — Emanuel Abruzzo leapt in the twilight, defying gravity, flying in toe shoes. On a mountaintop, on an indoor stage on a summer night, in company with dancers from around the world, Abruzzo, ...

Partway through Rebels on Pointe—Bobbi Jo Hart’s marvelous documentary about the all-male, comic, drag dance company Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo—dancer Raffaele Morra teaches a master class ...

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What a drag. When the all-male members of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo châiné and jeté their way onto the stage at the Lensic Performing Arts Center on Monday, April 15, they will be making ...

In traditional ballet, the dancing women have all the fun. They wear pretty, frilly costumes with sequined bodices and dance “en pointe” while the male dancers are in supporting roles. Not so in Les ...