"The extraordinary skill of the Trocks proves that to undo ballet, one
must first be able to do ballet" (The Telegraph, London). The all-male
drag ballet company Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo,
affectionately known as the Trocks, specializes in a loving critique
of the conventions and traditions of ballet: campy and hysterical, but
informed and beautifully executed. The company has become an
international dance phenomenon, performing canonical works alongside
more obscure ballets, dolled up in fabulous costumes, thick makeup,
and sporting Ken-doll wigs—all en pointe. The fact that men dance
all the parts—heavy bodies delicately balancing on toes as swans,
nymphs, princesses—enhances, rather than mocks, the spirit of dance
as an art form, delighting knowledgeable ballet audiences and novices
alike.
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