The Long Center presents Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 7:30 PM in Dell Hall.

Celebrating its 40th Anniversary season, 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.  Articles and notices in publications such as Variety, Oui, The London Daily Telegraph, as well as a Richard Avedon photo essay in Vogue, made the Company nationally and internationally known.

“The Trocks are looking better than ever. … It was ballet that would probably delight all who miss ballet as it once was. There was nary a modern dance step or gesture in sight, in dancing filled with the kind of infectious passion and triumph the Bolshoi Ballet once brought to the Stage… Their program of grand ballet is as much food for the mind as it is for the eye and the funny bone.” ~The New York Times

“Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo…remains one of the great comic creations of the American stage.” ~ San Francisco Chronicle

Tickets starting at $35