Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
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Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo is an American all-male drag
ballet corps which parodies the conventions and clichés of romantic and classical ballet
. The company was co-founded by Peter Anastos, Natch Taylor and Antony Bassae in New York City in 1974, producing small, late-night shows, in off-off Broadway lofts. Their first show as on September 9, 1974, at a second story loft on 14th street, in the heart of the meat-packing district.
After receiving a favorable critical review in The New Yorker
by Arlene Croce
, it was discovered by a wider audience. The "Trocks" toured the world, with prolonged engagements in many major cities. In 2008 they performed at the Royal Variety Performance
, in front of Prince Charles.
The dancers portray both male and female roles in a humorous style that combines parodies of ballet, posing and physical comedy with "straighter" pieces intended to show off the performers' technical skills. Much of the humor is in seeing male dancers en travesti
; performing roles usually reserved to females, wearing tutus and dancing en pointe
.
Scott Austin
Born in Anaheim, California
he joined the Trocks in January 2005.
He portrays Ludmila Beaulemova and Jacques d'Aniel
Bernd Burgmaier
Born in Germany
, he joined the Trocks in January 2000.
He portrays Pavel Tord and Gerd Tord, the "Prune Danish of Russian Ballet," who abandoned an enormously successful acting career in Scandinavia to become respectively Trockadero premier danseur and ballerina.
Robert Carter
Born in Charleston, South Carolina
, USA; he joined the Trocks in November 1995.
He portrays Yuri Smirnov and Olga Supphozova.
Yuri ran away from home and joined the Kirov Opera because he thought Borodin
was a prescription barbiturate, but he soon discovered that he didn't know his arias and decided to become a ballet star instead. Olga made her first public appearance in a KGB lineup under dubious circumstances and after a seven-year-to-life hiatus, she now returns to her adoring fans.
Edgar Cortes
Born in Santiago do Cacém
, Portugal
; he joined the Trocks in October 2000.
He portrays Klaus Youssoupovtu and Maria Gertrudes Clubfoot.
Klaus soared into prominence as the first defector whose leave-taking was accomplished at the virtual insistence of the defectees. Maria (after ballerina Maria Tallchief
) is the last one of the great Indian ballerinas, who began her training with the Wounded Knee Ballet but was subsequently banned for use of traditional Indian weaponry.
Calvin Gentry
Born in Clarkston, Georgia
, he joined the Trocks in December 2006.
He portrays Helen Highwaters and Jacques d'Ambrosia.
Paul Ghiselin
Born in Norfolk, Virginia
, USA; he joined the Trocks in May 1995.
He portrays Velour Pilleaux and Ida Nevasayneva.
Velour is coming to America in conjunction with the release of his tenth cookbook, Ma Brie. Ida is a socialist real ballerina of the working peoples everywhere and she was awarded a plastic medal for Bad Taste at the Varna Festival.
Joshua Grant
Born in Americus, Georgia
; he joined the Trocks in May 2006.
He portrays Katerina Bychkova and Ashley Romanoff-Titwillow.
Joseph Jeffries
Born in Caldwell, Idaho
; he joined the Trocks in May 2003.
He portrays Minnie van Driver and William Vanilla.
Chase Johnsey
Born in Winter Haven, Florida
, USA; he joined the Trocks in April 2004.
He portrays Roland Daulin and Yakatarina Verbosovich.
Roland invented the "bad hair year" and devotes his spare time to selling his line of Michael Flatley
wigs on the QVC
shopping channel. Yakaterina own a walk-in wardrobe so large that it has its own postcode and has been awarded the keys to her city, Minsk
(after which they changed the locks...).
Nolan Kubota
Born in Santa Rosa, California
; he joined the Trocks in September 2005.
He portrays Nadia Doumeifayva and one of the Legupski Brothers.
Christopher Lam
Born in Brisbane
, Australia; he joined the Trocks in May 2007.
He portrays Nadezhda Bogdownova and Boris Nowitsky.
Roberto Lara
Born in Mexico City
, Mexico; he joined the Trocks in May 2006.
He portrays Vera Tchumpokova and Tino Xirau Lopez.
Davide Marongiu
Born in Cagliari
, Italy; he joined the Trocks in May 2005.
He graduated from English National Ballet School
in London and subsequently at American Ballet Theatre
professional training program. With Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo he performed corps and soloist roles in all the company's repertoire. This is his 3rd year with the company. His alter ego ballerina is Giuseppina Zambellini, after the famous Carlotta Zambelli, an Italian star of Paris Opera Ballet and Ivan Legupski, one of the Legupski Brothers.
Fernando Medina-Gallego
Born in Barcelona
, Spain; he joined the Trocks in December 1998.
He portrays R.M. "Prince" Myshkin and Svetlana Lefatkina.
Prince is Mongolia
n-born, cream of the Tartars, who electrified the world a decade ago when he leaped over the Wall or under the Curtain, whichever came first. Svetlana is dubbed the "Chernobyl Cherub", renowned for her portrayal of sensitive, tortured, neurotic ladies.
Raffaele Morra
Born in Fossagno, Italy; he joined the Trocks in May 2001.
He portrays Pepe Dufka and Lariska Dumbchenko.
Pepe recently sued 182 of New York's most ardent ballet lover for 19 years of constant exposure to rotten fruits and vegetables. Lariska in 1962 became the first ballerina to be shot into orbit, but subsequently defected to the West.
Camilo Rodriguez
Born in Mexico City
, Mexico; he joined the Trocks in December 2006.
He portrays Eugenia Repelskii and one of the Legupski Brothers'.
Or Sagi
Born in Kfar Aza
, Israel; he joined the trocks in April 2004.
He portrays Zapoli Valenki and Maria Paranova.
Zapoli is a revolutionary in the art of ballet, being the first to introduce crazy glue to stop supported pirouettes. Maria was discovered after 19 years in the dark as Mamie Eisenhower
at a Republican fundraiser in Chicago
.
Other works
Solo Works
Dying Swan (Fokine's choreography); Debut at the Opera; Ribbon Dance; Russian Dance.
Drag (clothing)
Drag is used for any clothing carrying symbolic significance but usually referring to the clothing associated with one gender role when worn by a person of another gender. The origin of the term "drag" is unknown, but it may have originated in Polari, a gay street argot in England in the early...
ballet corps which parodies the conventions and clichés of romantic and classical ballet
Classical ballet
Classical Ballet is the most formal of the ballet styles, it adheres to traditional ballet technique. There are variations relating to area of origin, such as Russian ballet, French ballet, British ballet and Italian ballet...
. The company was co-founded by Peter Anastos, Natch Taylor and Antony Bassae in New York City in 1974, producing small, late-night shows, in off-off Broadway lofts. Their first show as on September 9, 1974, at a second story loft on 14th street, in the heart of the meat-packing district.
After receiving a favorable critical review in The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
by Arlene Croce
Arlene Croce
Arlene Croce founded Ballet Review magazine in 1965. She was a dance critic for The New Yorker magazine from 1973 to 1998. Prior to her long career as a dance writer, she also wrote film criticism for Film Culture and other magazines. The keynote of her criticism can be grasped from her ability to...
, it was discovered by a wider audience. The "Trocks" toured the world, with prolonged engagements in many major cities. In 2008 they performed at the Royal Variety Performance
Royal Variety Performance
The Royal Variety Performance is a gala evening held annually in the United Kingdom, which is attended by senior members of the British Royal Family, usually the reigning monarch. In more recent years Queen Elizabeth II and The Prince of Wales have alternately attended the performance...
, in front of Prince Charles.
The dancers portray both male and female roles in a humorous style that combines parodies of ballet, posing and physical comedy with "straighter" pieces intended to show off the performers' technical skills. Much of the humor is in seeing male dancers en travesti
En travesti
Travesti is a theatrical term referring to the portrayal of a character in an opera, play, or ballet by a performer of the opposite sex. Some sources regard 'travesti' as an Italian term, some as French. Depending on sources, the term may be given as travesty, travesti, or en travesti...
; performing roles usually reserved to females, wearing tutus and dancing en pointe
En pointe
En pointe means "on the tip" and is a part of classical ballet technique, usually practised using specially reinforced shoes called pointe shoes or toe shoes. The technique developed from the desire for dancers to appear weightless and sylph-like and has evolved to enable dancers to dance on the...
.
Dancers
Scott Austin
Born in Anaheim, California
Anaheim, California
Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was about 365,463, making it the most populated city in Orange County, the 10th most-populated city in California, and ranked 54th in the United States...
he joined the Trocks in January 2005.
He portrays Ludmila Beaulemova and Jacques d'Aniel
Bernd Burgmaier
Born in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, he joined the Trocks in January 2000.
He portrays Pavel Tord and Gerd Tord, the "Prune Danish of Russian Ballet," who abandoned an enormously successful acting career in Scandinavia to become respectively Trockadero premier danseur and ballerina.
Robert Carter
Born in Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston is the second largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It was made the county seat of Charleston County in 1901 when Charleston County was founded. The city's original name was Charles Towne in 1670, and it moved to its present location from a location on the west bank of the...
, USA; he joined the Trocks in November 1995.
He portrays Yuri Smirnov and Olga Supphozova.
Yuri ran away from home and joined the Kirov Opera because he thought Borodin
Borodin
Borodin , or Borodina is a Russian last name and may refer to:*Alexander Borodin , Russian composer and chemist*Alexander Parfeniyevich Borodin, Russian scientist in the field of rail transport...
was a prescription barbiturate, but he soon discovered that he didn't know his arias and decided to become a ballet star instead. Olga made her first public appearance in a KGB lineup under dubious circumstances and after a seven-year-to-life hiatus, she now returns to her adoring fans.
Edgar Cortes
Born in Santiago do Cacém
Santiago do Cacém
Santiago do Cacém is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 1060.0 km² and a total population of 30,305 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 11 parishes, and is located in Setúbal District....
, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
; he joined the Trocks in October 2000.
He portrays Klaus Youssoupovtu and Maria Gertrudes Clubfoot.
Klaus soared into prominence as the first defector whose leave-taking was accomplished at the virtual insistence of the defectees. Maria (after ballerina Maria Tallchief
Maria Tallchief
Maria Tallchief was the first native-American prima ballerina. From 1942 to 1947 she danced with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, but she is best known for her time with the New York City Ballet from 1947 to 1965.-Early life:...
) is the last one of the great Indian ballerinas, who began her training with the Wounded Knee Ballet but was subsequently banned for use of traditional Indian weaponry.
Calvin Gentry
Born in Clarkston, Georgia
Clarkston, Georgia
Clarkston is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 7,554 at the 2010 census. The city is home to the central campus of Georgia Perimeter College....
, he joined the Trocks in December 2006.
He portrays Helen Highwaters and Jacques d'Ambrosia.
Paul Ghiselin
Born in Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach....
, USA; he joined the Trocks in May 1995.
He portrays Velour Pilleaux and Ida Nevasayneva.
Velour is coming to America in conjunction with the release of his tenth cookbook, Ma Brie. Ida is a socialist real ballerina of the working peoples everywhere and she was awarded a plastic medal for Bad Taste at the Varna Festival.
Joshua Grant
Born in Americus, Georgia
Americus, Georgia
-Early years:Americus, Georgia was named and chartered by Sen. Lovett B. Smith in 1832.For its first two decades, Americus was a small courthouse town. The arrival of the railroad in 1854 and, three decades later, local attorney Samuel H. Hawkins' construction of the only privately financed...
; he joined the Trocks in May 2006.
He portrays Katerina Bychkova and Ashley Romanoff-Titwillow.
Joseph Jeffries
Born in Caldwell, Idaho
Caldwell, Idaho
Caldwell is a city in and the county seat of Canyon County, Idaho, United States. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the population to be 43,281, as of July 2009.Caldwell is the home of the College of Idaho. It is considered part of the Boise metropolitan area....
; he joined the Trocks in May 2003.
He portrays Minnie van Driver and William Vanilla.
Chase Johnsey
Born in Winter Haven, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
Winter Haven is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. The population was 26,487 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2007 estimates, the city had a population of 32,577, making it the second most populated city in Polk County...
, USA; he joined the Trocks in April 2004.
He portrays Roland Daulin and Yakatarina Verbosovich.
Roland invented the "bad hair year" and devotes his spare time to selling his line of Michael Flatley
Michael Flatley
Michael Ryan Flatley is an American Irish dancer, choreographer, actor, musician and occasional television presenter. He became internationally known for Irish dance shows Riverdance, Lord of the Dance, Feet of Flames, and Celtic Tiger...
wigs on the QVC
QVC
QVC is a multinational corporation specializing in televised home shopping. Founded in 1986 by Joseph Segel in West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania, United States, QVC broadcasts in five countries as QVC US, QVC UK, QVC Germany, QVC Japan and – QVC Italy to 200 million households...
shopping channel. Yakaterina own a walk-in wardrobe so large that it has its own postcode and has been awarded the keys to her city, Minsk
Minsk
- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...
(after which they changed the locks...).
Nolan Kubota
Born in Santa Rosa, California
Santa Rosa, California
Santa Rosa is the county seat of Sonoma County, California, United States. The 2010 census reported a population of 167,815. Santa Rosa is the largest city in California's Wine Country and fifth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, after San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont and 26th...
; he joined the Trocks in September 2005.
He portrays Nadia Doumeifayva and one of the Legupski Brothers.
Christopher Lam
Born in Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Australia; he joined the Trocks in May 2007.
He portrays Nadezhda Bogdownova and Boris Nowitsky.
Roberto Lara
Born in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, Mexico; he joined the Trocks in May 2006.
He portrays Vera Tchumpokova and Tino Xirau Lopez.
Davide Marongiu
Born in Cagliari
Cagliari
Cagliari is the capital of the island of Sardinia, a region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name Casteddu literally means castle. It has about 156,000 inhabitants, or about 480,000 including the outlying townships : Elmas, Assemini, Capoterra, Selargius, Sestu, Monserrato, Quartucciu, Quartu...
, Italy; he joined the Trocks in May 2005.
He graduated from English National Ballet School
English National Ballet School
English National Ballet School is a specialist classical ballet school based in London in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1988, the school is the official associate school of the English National Ballet, with many graduates becoming dancers with the company...
in London and subsequently at American Ballet Theatre
American Ballet Theatre
American Ballet Theatre , based in New York City, was one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century. It continues as a leading dance company in the world today...
professional training program. With Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo he performed corps and soloist roles in all the company's repertoire. This is his 3rd year with the company. His alter ego ballerina is Giuseppina Zambellini, after the famous Carlotta Zambelli, an Italian star of Paris Opera Ballet and Ivan Legupski, one of the Legupski Brothers.
Fernando Medina-Gallego
Born in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Spain; he joined the Trocks in December 1998.
He portrays R.M. "Prince" Myshkin and Svetlana Lefatkina.
Prince is Mongolia
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...
n-born, cream of the Tartars, who electrified the world a decade ago when he leaped over the Wall or under the Curtain, whichever came first. Svetlana is dubbed the "Chernobyl Cherub", renowned for her portrayal of sensitive, tortured, neurotic ladies.
Raffaele Morra
Born in Fossagno, Italy; he joined the Trocks in May 2001.
He portrays Pepe Dufka and Lariska Dumbchenko.
Pepe recently sued 182 of New York's most ardent ballet lover for 19 years of constant exposure to rotten fruits and vegetables. Lariska in 1962 became the first ballerina to be shot into orbit, but subsequently defected to the West.
Camilo Rodriguez
Born in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, Mexico; he joined the Trocks in December 2006.
He portrays Eugenia Repelskii and one of the Legupski Brothers'.
Or Sagi
Born in Kfar Aza
Kfar Aza
Kfar Aza is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located between Netivot and Sderot around three kilometres east of Gaza, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council...
, Israel; he joined the trocks in April 2004.
He portrays Zapoli Valenki and Maria Paranova.
Zapoli is a revolutionary in the art of ballet, being the first to introduce crazy glue to stop supported pirouettes. Maria was discovered after 19 years in the dark as Mamie Eisenhower
Mamie Eisenhower
Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower was the wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961.-Early life:...
at a Republican fundraiser in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
.
Repertoire
From the Classical Repertory- Swan LakeSwan LakeSwan Lake ballet, op. 20, by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, composed 1875–1876. The scenario, initially in four acts, was fashioned from Russian folk tales and tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse. The choreographer of the original production was Julius Reisinger...
Act II (chor. -Lev IvanovLev IvanovLev Ivanovich Ivanov was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer and later, Second Balletmaster of the Imperial Ballet....
; music -Tchaikovsky) - The Black Swan (the Black Swan Pas de Deux from Swan Lake) (chor. -After PetipaMarius PetipaVictor Marius Alphonse Petipa was a French ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer. Petipa is considered to be the most influential ballet master and choreographer of ballet that has ever lived....
; music -Tchaikovsky, revised by Drigo) - Don QuixoteDon Quixote (ballet)Don Quixote is a ballet originally staged in four acts and eight scenes, based on an episode taken from the famous novel Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. It was originally choreographed by Marius Petipa to the music of Ludwig Minkus and was first presented by the Ballet of the...
Act I (chor. -After Petipa and Gorsky; music Minkus) - Don Quixote Grand Pas de Deux (chor. -After Petipa and Gorsky; music -Minkus)
- Le Corsaire Pas de Deux (chor. -After Petipa; music -Drigo, Gerber; and Fitinhof-Schell)
- Grand Pas de Trois des Odalisques from Le CorsaireLe CorsaireLe Corsaire is a ballet typically presented in three acts, with a libretto originally created by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges loosely based on the poem The Corsair by Lord Byron. Originally choreographed by Joseph Mazilier to the music of Adolphe Adam, it was first presented by the ballet of...
(chor. -Petipa; music AdamAdolphe AdamAdolphe Charles Adam was a French composer and music critic. A prolific composer of operas and ballets, he is best known today for his ballets Giselle and Le corsaire , his operas Le postillon de Lonjumeau , Le toréador and Si j'étais roi , and his Christmas...
and Pugni) - Grand Pas de Deux from Act III of The Sleeping BeautyThe Sleeping Beauty BalletThe Sleeping Beauty is a ballet in a prologue and three acts, first performed in 1890. The music was by Pyotr Tchaikovsky . The score was completed in 1889, and is the second of his three ballets. The original scenario was conceived by Ivan Vsevolozhsky, and is based on Charles Perrault's La...
(chor. -Petipa; music -Tchaikovsky) - The Bluebird from Act III of The Sleeping Beauty (chor. -Petipa; music -Tchaikovsky)
- Pas de TroisPas de troisPas de trois. French term usually referring to a dance in ballet between three people. Typically a Pas de trois in ballet consists of 6 parts -#The Entrée...
from The Fairy Doll (chor. After Sergei Legat and Nikolai Legat, music -Drigo) - The Little Humpbacked HorseThe Little Humpbacked Horse (ballet)The Little Humpbacked Horse, or The Tsar Maiden is a ballet in four Acts and eight scenes with apotheosis. The original choreography was by Arthur Saint-Léon, and was set to music by Cesare Pugni...
(Grand Ballabile from the Under-water scene) (chor. Petipa and Gorsky after Saint-LéonArthur Saint-LeonArthur Saint-Léon was the Maître de Ballet of St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet from 1859 until 1869 and is famous for creating the choreography of the ballet Coppélia.-Biography:...
; music -Pugni) - Diane and Actéon Pas de Deux (chor. Vaganova; music -Pugni adapted by Drigo)
- The NutcrackerThe NutcrackerThe Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto is adapted from E.T.A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". It was given its première at the Mariinsky Theatre in St...
(chor. -Pamela Pribisco; music -Tchaikovsky) - Pas de QuatrePas de QuatrePas de Quatre is a ballet divertissement choreographed by Jules Perrot in 1845, on the suggestion of Benjamin Lumley, Director at His Majestys Theatre to music composed by Cesare Pugni....
(chor. DolinAnton DolinSir Anton Dolin was an English ballet dancer and choreographer.Dolin was born in Slinfold in Sussex as Sydney Francis Patrick Chippendall Healey-Kay but was generally known as Patrick Kay. He joined Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1921, was a principal there from 1924, and was a principal...
; music-Pugni orch. Leighton Lucas) - Raymonda's Wedding (Act III of RaymondaRaymondaRaymonda is a ballet in three acts, four scenes with an apotheosis, choreographed by Marius Petipa, with music by Alexander Glazunov, his opus 57. First presented by the Imperial Ballet at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre on in St. Petersburg, Russia...
(chor. Sergeyev after Petipa; music -GlazunovAlexander GlazunovAlexander Konstantinovich Glazunov was a Russian composer of the late Russian Romantic period, music teacher and conductor...
) - Les SylphidesLes SylphidesLes Sylphides is a short, non-narrative ballet blanc. Its original choreography was by Michel Fokine, with music by Frédéric Chopin orchestrated by Alexander Glazunov. Glazunov had already set some of the music in 1892 as a purely orchestral suite, under the title Chopiniana, Op. 46...
(chor. Fokine; music -Chopin) - Flower Festival at Genzano Pas de Deux (chor. BournonvilleAugust BournonvilleAugust Bournonville was a Danish ballet master and choreographer. August was the son of Antoine Bournonville, a dancer and choreographer trained under the French choreographer, Jean Georges Noverre, and the nephew of Julie Alix de la Fay, née Bournonville, of the Royal Swedish Ballet.August was...
; music -PaulliHolger Simon PaulliHolger Simon Paulli was a Danish conductor and composer.Paulli was a violin student of Claus Schall. He joined the Royal Danish Orchestra, and became its conductor in 1864. At the same time, he also conducted the Orchestra of the Cecilia Foreningen, and assumed the directorship of the Copenhagen...
) - Grand Pas Classique from Le Dieu et la Bayadère (chor. GsovskyVictor GsovskyVictor Gsovsky was a ballet dancer and choreographer.Victor Gsovsky was born in Petersburg, the Russian empire.His teacher on ballet was a Mariinsky Theatre’s prima ballerina Evgenia Sokolova....
; music -AuberDaniel AuberDaniel François Esprit Auber was a French composer.-Biography:The son of a Paris print-seller, Auber was born in Caen in Normandy. Though his father expected him to continue in the print-selling business, he also allowed his son to learn how to play several musical instruments...
)
Other works
- École de Ballet
- Go for Barocco (satire on Balanchine's choreography)
- Cross Currents (piece for three dancers)
- The Dance of Liberation
- Gaîté Parisienne
- The Dances of Isadora
- Vivaldi Suite
- La Trovatiara Pas de Cinq (from a lost Verdi opera)
- Yes Virginia
- Another Piano Ballet (5 dancers in a rehearsal studio, Jerome Robbins style)
- Stars & Stripes Forever
- Dances of Ruth St. Denis
- Spring Waters
- Debut at the Opera
- Gambol
- I Wanted to Dance With You
- Lamentation of Jane Eyre
- Patterns in Space
Solo Works
Dying Swan (Fokine's choreography); Debut at the Opera; Ribbon Dance; Russian Dance.
External links
- Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, official site
- Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo at IMG Artists
- Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo on glbtq.comGlbtq.comglbtq.com is an online encyclopedia that presents detailed biographies of notable gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer people. It was named one of the "Best Free Reference Web Sites" in 2005 by the American Library Association....
- Interview with Damien Diaz
- Archive film of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo performing Le Lac des Cygnes (Swan Lake, Act II)in 2010 at Jacob's Pillow