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Dance

Thursday, February 10, 2022

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo dazzles with classical ballet, comedic drag at Zellerbach Hall

Photo of dance troupe Les Ballets Trockadero
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On the surface, ballet and comedy do not immediately go together. Yet, the Trocks made this combination seem only natural, artfully leaving the audience with both laughter and gender-bending food for thought.
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Dance

Thursday, March 9, 2017

The Trocks still defy stereotypes, bust guts in 40th anniversary Zellerbach performance

Ballet tends to take itself seriously. However, Saturday afternoon, with the support of Cal Performances, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo turned any preconceptions of ballet as stuffy, boring or restrained entirely upside down.
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