Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo brings its internationally beloved troupe of male dancers to Scottsdale to perform a brilliant combination of skillful pointe work and hilarious parodying of classical ballet favorites like <\/span>Swan Lake<\/span><\/i>. According to <\/span>The Guardian<\/span><\/i>, it’s \u201cthe funniest night you\u2019ll ever have at the ballet!\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Founded in New York City in 1974, the company, affectionately known as the Trocks, began by appearing in late-late shows in off-off-Broadway lofts for small audiences who appreciated the iconoclastic humor of it all. In the nearly 50 years since then, the company has grown to achieve great appeal among more mainstream audiences who, each season, flock to theaters throughout the world to see these prima ballerinas perform. \u201cThe amalgam of ballerina finesse and daft diva antics is brilliant, unsettling, riveting: the epitome of Trocks style\u201d (Alastair Macaulay, <\/span>The New York Times<\/span><\/i>).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Revered by ballet aficionados as well as the uninitiated\u2014those who don\u2019t know a pli\u00e9 from a jet\u00e9\u2014the Trocks are \u201ca guaranteed hoot for people who know nothing of ballet and an absolute must for those who think they know the originals\u201d (<\/span>Sydney Star Observer<\/span><\/i>).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cNot afraid to play to the house, they conspire with us to pay homage to tradition even while giving it a kick in the tutu.\u201d \u2014 Elizabeth Zimmer, <\/span>The Village Voice<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thank you to our 2023\u201324 Series Sponsors and Partners<\/strong><\/p>\n Betty Hum & Alan Yudell, Karen & John Voris, and WESTAF.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo brings its internationally beloved troupe of male dancers to Scottsdale to perform a brilliant combination of skillful pointe work and hilarious parodying of classical ballet favorites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":15834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[17,307],"acf":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Scottsdale Center For The Performing Arts","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/15833"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/15833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15833"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=15833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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