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Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo is an all-male drag ballet corps parodying the clichés of romantic and classical ballet. It was founded by choreographer Peter Anastos in the United States in 1974 as a group producing small shows for friends, performing late-late shows in off-off Broadway lofts. The Trockadero was actually founded by three individuals: Peter Anastos, Antony Bassae and Natch Taylor. After receiving a favourable critical essay in The New Yorker by Arlene Croce, it was discovered by a wider audience, and now the "Trocks" tours the world, including prolonged engagements in many major cities. The dancers portray both male and female (mainly female) roles in a humorous style that mixes send-ups of the cliches of ballet, posing, and physical comedy with "straighter" pieces intended to show off the performers' skill (but still with a certain amount of humour). Part of the comedy is seeing male dancers en travesti performing moves usually reserved to females, such as dancing en pointe. ( Wikipedia )
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