Les Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo

Synopsis

Funny, inspiring, this phenomenally talented international company of male dancers presents ballet as you have never seen it before! Combining an extraordinary love for dance, astonishing artistic integrity, and a love of entertaining, The Trocks' comic mastery is unparalleled. A fabulous fusion of beefcake and ballerina, this testosterone troupe strut their sassy stuff, guaranteed to tickle the palate of ballet enthusiasts and novices alike.

Our Review:

30 January 2013

Arriving at The Lowry direct from their New York Christmas season, the Trocks return for a UK tour with a programme that, as ever, mixes the very highest of camp with something striving, and often succeeding, to be high, -ish, art.

This all-male American ensemble has long been a much-loved comic turn with dance fans around the world and those fans will be relieved to know that although this present bill contains new material, the basics are very much as before - it’s men dancing in tutus, with plenty of camp and corny slapstick, layered with in-jokes for the ballet sophisticates.

The more you know your ballets, the more you will appreciate just how well the Trocks are versed in their dance history.

The Lowry programme – it varies a little from venue to venue – kicks off with Les Sylphides, one of the mainstays of the Trocks’ programme since 1976 and not, in this bill, the most successful item because it’s the most obvious ...

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Latest User Review

Dr Lynne Foxcroft - 3 February 2013:

A great fun night out - the dancing as ever is superb, especially the standard of the dancers who dance the male parts. I've seen the Bolshoi and Mariinsky numerous times and they wouldn't look out of place in those companies. Les Sylphides - a wonderful take-off, especially the dreamy, seeimingly hypnotised male dancer. The black swan pas de deux - wow, many female dancers would love to perform the fouettes with such aplomb. La Vivandiere was performed so true to the correct choreography was wonderful, and the company really warmed and showed some wonderful athletic dancing in Walpurgisnight. So great I'm going to see them again at Bradford, I hope that they come again next year, and not wait two years before lifting the doom and gloom of recession-hit Britain. The standing ovation they received on 29 January at the Lowry was well-deserved. Loved the Morris dance too!...

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