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Swan Lake by Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. Freakingly hilarious XD
“Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo is an all-male drag ballet corps parodying the clichés of romantic and classical ballet. It was co-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 other co-founders: Antony Bassae and Natch Taylor.
After receiving a favorable 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. They also performed at the 2008 Royal Variety Performance in front of Prince Charles.
The dancers portray both male and female (mainly female) roles in a humorous style that mixes send-ups of the clichés 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.”