Trocking my world.

Bosom friends!

Today I will not chat about what is trending on line. I will give a break to all the lovely pets and rampant starlets.
A well deserved day off to such poignant topics.

What I will do is tell you how much I enjoyed Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo  last Sunday at the Ziff Ballet Opera House in Miami. (Do yourself a favor and check their website!)

Swan Lake.

Hubby and I love the ballet and since we both used to be actual "ballerinas" we try to support any classical ballet tour coming to town.


Despite their repertoire the Trockadero company is NOT you average ballet company.


Everything they put on stage is spot on and the performers are world class dancers but unlike any other ballet company the Trockadero's cast is made entirely of male dancers.


I have known about this out of the box company for quite sometime but I have never had the chance to see them performing right before my eyes.

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo was founded in 1974 by a group of ballet enthusiasts for the purpose of presenting a playful, entertaining view of traditional, classical ballet in parody form and en travesti, Les Ballets Trockadero first performed in the late-late shows in Off-Off Broadway lofts. The TROCKS, as they are affectionately known, quickly garnered a major critical essay by Arlene Croce in The New Yorker, and combined with reviews in The New York Times  and The Village Voice, established the Company as an artistic and popular success.  By mid 1975, the TROCKS' inspired blend of their loving knowledge of dance, their comic approach, and the astounding fact that men can, indeed, dance  en pointe  without falling flat on their faces, was being noted beyond New York.


On Sunday Trockadero was presenting extracts from Swan Lake, Paquita and Le corsaire. Very technique dense material indeed.
This company approaches all of the ever green in ballet history with their unique flair and humor.
All of the dancers are incredibly talented and they way they mix comedy and amazing dancing is so delicious it should be illegal.
The TROCKS perform in full drag make up and all of their tutus are completely traditional and opulent and of course the do it all on point shoes.

This year marks the company 40th anniversary so I felt it was my duty to celebrate with the TROCKS in full regalia.
So for the occasion I brought Prima Donna back to life.

Prima Donna.

The original concept of LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO has not changed.  It is a Company of professional male dancers performing the full range of the ballet and modern dance repertoire.
The comedy is achieved by incorporating and exaggerating the peculiarities, accidents, and underlying incongruities of serious dance.  The fact that men dance all the parts enhances rather than mocks the spirit of dance as an art form, delighting and amusing the most knowledgeable, as well as novices, in the audiences.   

TROCKS’ original purpose has not changed despite their world wide success: bring the pleasure of dance to the widest possible audience.

The TROCKS are beautiful, talented, hysterically comical and oh so well put together. I could go on and on but I am sure you got my point (pun intended...)

They will, as they have done for forty years, “Keep on Trockin’.”

The TROCKS "trocked" my world indeed!

Ciao for now.