While conventional classical ballet extols beauty, grace and ethereality, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo delights in pratfalls, missteps and general ungainliness — all in the pursuit of laughs. It’s a formula that has proven wildly successful for nearly 50 years.
The Trocks, as they are known, are an all-male company. The highly skilled and extensively trained dancers take turns in the traditionally female roles, wedging themselves into frilly tutus and oversized pointe shoes — an inherently funny sight in the world of traditional ballet.
