The troupe performs with Shirley MacLaine (center) on her 1977 television special "Where Do We Go From Here?"
The dancers portray both male and female roles in a humorous style that combines parodies of ballet, posing, and physical comedy with "straighter" pieces intended to show off the performers' technical skills. Much of the humor is the male dancers performing en travesti in roles usually reserved for females, while wearing tutus and dancing en pointe.
Prior to the founding of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, members of Charles Ludlam's Ridiculous Theatre Company formed a company called the Trockadero Gloxinia Ballet Company in 1972. This company included Larry Ree, Richard Goldberger, Lohr Wilson, Roy Blakey, Peter Anastos, Natch Taylor, and Anthony Bassae. They often performed at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in the East Village of Manhattan.
Productions at La MaMa included Sobechenskaya Dances in 1972,[2] multiple productions titled Ekathrina Sobechenskaya Dances with the Troxadero Gloxinia Ballet Company in 1974, and Ekathrina Sobechenskaya Dances with the Original Trockadero Gloxinia Ballet Company in 1975. They continued to perform at La MaMa in 1976[3][4] and 1977,[5] then returned in 1982,[6] twice in 1987,[7][8] and in 1990, with Madame Ekathrina Sobechenskaya's Original Trocadero Gloxinia Ballet.[9]
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo was co-founded by Peter Anastos, Natch Taylor, and Anthony Bassae, all of the Trockadero Gloxinia Ballet Company, in 1974. They initially produced small, late-night shows in off-off-Broadway spaces. The troupe's first show was on September 9, 1974 in a second-story loft on 14th Street in the Meatpacking District.[10] After receiving a favorable review in The New Yorker by Arlene Croce, the company was discovered by a wider audience. The "Trocks" toured the world, with prolonged engagements in many major cities.
Yes Virginia, Another Piano Ballet (5 dancers in a rehearsal studio in the style of Jerome Robbins, music by Chopin)
Stars & Stripes Forever
Dances of Ruth St. Denis
Spring Waters
Debut at the Opera
Gambol
I Wanted to Dance With You
Lamentation of Jane Eyre
Patterns in Space
Solo works
The Dying Swan (choreography by Michel Fokine after staging by Trutti Gasparinetti) Debut at the Opera; Ribbon Dance; Russian Dance
Referencesedit
^"About Us". Trockadero.org. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
^La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Sobechenskaya Dances (1972)". Accessed August 7, 2018.
^La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Ekathrina Sobechanskaya + Tamara Karpova with the Original Trockadero Gloxinia Ballet Co. (1976a)". Accessed August 7, 2018.
^La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Ekathrina Sobechanskaya + Tamara Karpova with the Original Trockadero Gloxinia Ballet Co. (1976b)". Accessed August 7, 2018.
^La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Ekathrina Sobechanskaya + Tamara Karpova with the Original Trockadero Gloxinia Ballet Co. (1977)". Accessed August 7, 2018.
^La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Ekathrina Sobechanskaya and the Original Trockadero Gloxinia Ballet Company (1982)". Accessed August 7, 2018.
^La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Ekathrina Sobechanskaya and Her Original Trockadero Gloxinia Ballet Company (1987a)". Accessed August 7, 2018.
^La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Ekathrina Sobechanskaya and Her Original Trockadero Gloxinia Ballet Company (1987b)". Accessed August 7, 2018.
^La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Madame Ekathrina Sobechanskaya's Original Trocadero Gloxinia Ballet (1990)". Accessed August 7, 2018.
^Eugene MacDougal. "From the Director". Les Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
^Sanjoy Roy (February 17, 2009). "Step by Step guide to Dance: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo". London: Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
^"Review: 'Rebels on Pointe,' and in Tutus". The New York Times, November 15, 2017.
^Macaulay, Alastair; Times, The New York. "Dancers". Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
Reviewsedit
Gus Solomons Jr. (March 1996). . Dance Magazine. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011.
Elizabeth Zimmer (August 20, 2002). . The Village Voice. Archived from the original on October 31, 2007.
External linksedit
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo official site
Archive footage of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo performing Le Lac des Cygnes (Swan Lake, Act II) in 2010 at Jacob's Pillow
Photographs of performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music (Dec. 9–16, 1976) and in rehearsal with Shirley MacLaine for TV special "Where do we Go from Here?"
Trockadero Gloxinia Ballet Company's page on La MaMa Archives Digital Collections
April 09, 2024
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Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo is an all male drag ballet troupe that parodies the conventions of romantic and classical ballet The company s current artistic director is Tory Dobrin 1 The troupe performs with Shirley MacLaine center on her 1977 television special Where Do We Go From Here The dancers portray both male and female roles in a humorous style that combines parodies of ballet posing and physical comedy with straighter pieces intended to show off the performers technical skills Much of the humor is the male dancers performing en travesti in roles usually reserved for females while wearing tutus and dancing en pointe Contents 1 History 2 Dancers 2 1 Notable former dancers 3 Repertoire 4 References 5 Reviews 6 External linksHistory editPrior to the founding of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo members of Charles Ludlam s Ridiculous Theatre Company formed a company called the Trockadero Gloxinia Ballet Company in 1972 This company included Larry Ree Richard Goldberger Lohr Wilson Roy Blakey Peter Anastos Natch Taylor and Anthony Bassae They often performed at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in the East Village of Manhattan Productions at La MaMa included Sobechenskaya Dances in 1972 2 multiple productions titled Ekathrina Sobechenskaya Dances with the Troxadero Gloxinia Ballet Company in 1974 and Ekathrina Sobechenskaya Dances with the Original Trockadero Gloxinia Ballet Company in 1975 They continued to perform at La MaMa in 1976 3 4 and 1977 5 then returned in 1982 6 twice in 1987 7 8 and in 1990 with Madame Ekathrina Sobechenskaya s Original Trocadero Gloxinia Ballet 9 Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo was co founded by Peter Anastos Natch Taylor and Anthony Bassae all of the Trockadero Gloxinia Ballet Company in 1974 They initially produced small late night shows in off off Broadway spaces The troupe s first show was on September 9 1974 in a second story loft on 14th Street in the Meatpacking District 10 After receiving a favorable review in The New Yorker by Arlene Croce the company was discovered by a wider audience The Trocks toured the world with prolonged engagements in many major cities In 2008 they performed at the Royal Variety Performance in front of Prince Charles 11 In 2017 the troupe were profiled in Bobbi Jo Hart s documentary film Rebels on Pointe 12 Dancers edit 13 Name Birthplace Joined the company Female role Male roleRaydel Caceres Pinar del Rio Cuba August 2023 Blagovesta Zlotmachinskaya Mikhail MudkinRobert Carter Charleston South Carolina November 1995 Olga Supphozova Yuri SmirnovBoysie Dikobe Brits South Africa February 2011 Sonia Leftova Andrei LeftovMatias Dominguez Escrig Santiago Chile October 2023 Gerard Tord Pavel TordAndrea Fabbri Lugo Italy October 2023 Tatiana Youbetyabootskaya Araf LegupskiGabriel Foley Overland Park Kansas July 2023 Resi Oachikatzlschwoaf Ilya BobovnikovKevin Garcia Gran Canaria Spain August 2017 Elvira Khababgallina Sergey LegupskiDuane Gosa Chicago Illinois September 2013 Helen Highwaters Vladimir LegupskiCarlos Hopuy Havana Cuba February 2012 Alla Snizova Innokenti SmoktumuchskyJack Furlong Jr Boston Massachusetts September 2014 Guzella Verbitskaya Mikhail MudkinShohei Iwahama Komae shi Tokyo Japan March 2022 Anya Marx Chip PididoudaPhilip Martin Nielson Middletown New York September 2012 Nadia Doumiafeyva Kravlji SnepekFelix Molinero del Paso Grenana Spain October 2021 Holly Dey Abroad Bruno BackpfeifengesichtTrent Montgomery McGehee Arkansas August 2021 Ludmila Beaulemova Jens WitzelsuchtRaffaele Morra Fossano Italy May 2001 Lariska Dumbchenko Pepe DufkaSergio Najera Mexico City Mexico February 2023 Bertha Vinayshinsky Irving VerschemeltChristopher Ouellette San Francisco California May 2014 Colette Adae Marat LegupskiGiovanni Ravelo Bucaramanga Colombia October 2008 Irina Kolesterolikova Boris MudkoAlejandro Gonzalez Rodriguez Holguin Cuba May 2019 Maria Clubfoot Tino Xirau LopezSalvador Sasot Sellart Lleida Spain August 2022 Grunya Protazova Marat LegupskiJake Speakman Philadelphia Pennsylvania November 2021 Colette Adae Timur LegupskiJoshua Thake Providence Rhode Island November 2011 Eugenia Repelskii Jacques d AnielsRoberto Vega Manati Puerto Rico August 2017 Ludmila Beaulemova Mikhail MypansarovHaojun Xie Xi an China August 2018 Maya Thickenthighya Nicholas KhachafallenjarTakaomi Yoshino Osaka Japan August 2018 Varvara Laptopova Boris DumbkopfLong Zou Liling China May 2009 rejoined January 2016 Nina Enimenimynimova Ketevan IosifidiNotable former dancers edit Chase Johnsey Brock Hayhoe Sabrina PrettoRepertoire editFrom the classical repertoire Swan Lake Act II choreography by Lev Ivanov music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Black Swan Black Swan Pas de Deux from Swan Lake choreography after Marius Petipa music by Tchaikovsky and revised by Riccardo Drigo Don Quixote Act I choreography after Petipa and Alexander Gorsky music by Ludwig Minkus Don Quixote Grand Pas de Deux choreography after Petipa and Gorsky music by Minkus Le Corsaire Pas de Deux choreography after Petipa music by Drigo Gerber and Boris Fitinhof Schell Grand Pas de Trois des Odalisques from Le Corsaire choreography by Petipa music by Adolphe Adam and Cesare Pugni Grand Pas de Deux from Act III of The Sleeping Beauty choreography by Petipa music by Tchaikovsky The Bluebird from Act III of The Sleeping Beauty choreography by Petipa music by Tchaikovsky Pas de Trois from The Fairy Doll choreography after Sergei Legat and Nikolai Legat music by Drigo The Little Humpbacked Horse Grand Ballabile from the Under water Scene choreography by Petipa and Gorsky after Arthur Saint Leon music by Pugni Diane and Acteon Pas de Deux choreography by Agrippina Vaganova music by Pugni and adapted by Drigo The Nutcracker choreography by Pamela Pribisco music by Tchaikovsky Pas de Quatre choreography by Anton Dolin after Doin Trutti Gasparinetti music by Pugni and orchestrated by Leighton Lucas Raymonda s Wedding Act III of Raymonda choreography by Konstantin Sergeyev after Petipa music by Alexander Glazunov Les Sylphides choreography by Mikhail Fokine music by Frederic Chopin Flower Festival at Genzano Pas de Deux choreography by August Bournonville music by Holger Simon Paulli Grand Pas Classique from Le Dieu et la Bayadere choreography by Victor Gsovsky music by Daniel Auber Other works Ecole de Ballet Go for Barocco parody of George Balanchine s choreography Cross Currents for 3 dancers The Dance of Liberation Gaite Parisienne The Dances of Isadora Vivaldi Suite La Trovatiara Pas de Cinq from a lost Giueseppe Verdi opera Yes Virginia Another Piano Ballet 5 dancers in a rehearsal studio in the style of Jerome Robbins music by Chopin Stars amp Stripes Forever Dances of Ruth St Denis Spring Waters Debut at the Opera Gambol I Wanted to Dance With You Lamentation of Jane Eyre Patterns in SpaceSolo works The Dying Swan choreography by Michel Fokine after staging by Trutti Gasparinetti Debut at the Opera Ribbon Dance Russian DanceReferences edit About Us Trockadero org Retrieved December 10 2011 La MaMa Archives Digital Collections Production Sobechenskaya Dances 1972 Accessed August 7 2018 La MaMa Archives Digital Collections Production Ekathrina Sobechanskaya Tamara Karpova with the Original Trockadero Gloxinia Ballet Co 1976a Accessed August 7 2018 La MaMa Archives Digital Collections Production Ekathrina Sobechanskaya Tamara Karpova with the Original Trockadero Gloxinia Ballet Co 1976b Accessed August 7 2018 La MaMa Archives Digital Collections Production Ekathrina Sobechanskaya Tamara Karpova with the Original Trockadero Gloxinia Ballet Co 1977 Accessed August 7 2018 La MaMa Archives Digital Collections Production Ekathrina Sobechanskaya and the Original Trockadero Gloxinia Ballet Company 1982 Accessed August 7 2018 La MaMa Archives Digital Collections Production Ekathrina Sobechanskaya and Her Original Trockadero Gloxinia Ballet Company 1987a Accessed August 7 2018 La MaMa Archives Digital Collections Production Ekathrina Sobechanskaya and Her Original Trockadero Gloxinia Ballet Company 1987b Accessed August 7 2018 La MaMa Archives Digital Collections Production Madame Ekathrina Sobechanskaya s Original Trocadero Gloxinia Ballet 1990 Accessed August 7 2018 Eugene MacDougal From the Director Les Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo Retrieved May 4 2010 Sanjoy Roy February 17 2009 Step by Step guide to Dance Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo London Guardian co uk Retrieved May 4 2010 Review Rebels on Pointe and in Tutus The New York Times November 15 2017 Macaulay Alastair Times The New York Dancers Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Retrieved 2024 02 01 Reviews editGus Solomons Jr March 1996 Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse December 12 17 Dance Magazine Archived from the original on June 16 2011 Elizabeth Zimmer August 20 2002 Trocks Transcendent Attitude With Altitude and Horsepower to Spare The Village Voice Archived from the original on October 31 2007 External links editLes Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo official site Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Archived 2011 10 08 at the Wayback Machine at IMG Artists Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo on GLBTQ com Interview with Damien Diaz Archive footage of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo performing Le Lac des Cygnes Swan Lake Act II in 2010 at Jacob s Pillow Photographs of performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music Dec 9 16 1976 and in rehearsal with Shirley MacLaine for TV special Where do we Go from Here Trockadero Gloxinia Ballet Company s page on La MaMa Archives Digital Collections Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo amp oldid 1206991351, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
