Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo was founded in 1974 in the wake of the Stonewall Uprising, with the first performances held on the makeshift stage of the West Side Discussion Group’s loft space in downtown New York City. We’ve come a long way, baby…

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

Centre In The Square

For three weeks this holiday season, enter the satirical, skilled, and slapstick corner of the ballet world with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo! The company returns to The Joyce celebrating its 50th anniversary as the world’s foremost gender-skewing comic ballet company. Parodying the conventions of romantic and classical ballet with hilarious reimaginings, The Trocks are sure to deliver “the funniest night you’ll have at the ballet” (The Guardian). With two unforgettable programs, highlights include the New York premiere of Durante Verzola's Symphony, inspired by George Balanchine's Symphony in C, as well as Giselle (Act 2), Raymonda’s Wedding, Swan Lake (Act 2), and more!

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The Joyce Theater

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo brings its internationally beloved troupe of male dancers to Detroit to perform a brilliant combination of skillful pointe work and hilarious parodying of classical ballet favorites such as Swan Lake and The Dying Swan.

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo: 50th Anniversary Tour

Detroit Opera House

For 50 years, audiences have reveled in the comedic and athletic talents of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, dubbed the World’s Foremost All-Male Comic Ballet Company. Performing in drag and en pointe, the company wields its technical ability with an inventive hilarity, offering a more lighthearted take on the often-dour art of ballet. They celebrate their 50th anniversary in the 2023-2024 season presenting works from throughout the company’s history, including an updated version of the early Trocks classic Yes Virginia, Another Piano Ballet, choreographed by company co-founder Peter Anastos. 

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo: 50th Anniversary

McCarter Theatre Center

Look no further for top-notch ballet that’s also uproariously funny! The world’s foremost all-male comic ballet company, famed for performing en travesti and on pointe, is back to spoof some of your favorite works during its 50th anniversary season.

Opera House

Toeing the line between high art and high camp, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo is an international phenomenon of 16 gender-skewering beloved burly dancers. Celebrating almost 50 years, they have been delighting audiences of all ages at sell-out performances featuring their fabulous sense of fun through flawless dance as they perform parodies of famed ballet classics. The "Trocks," as they are affectionately known, boast a wicked comedic sense of humor which is only outmatched by their panache and technical prowess. Every performance frivolously froths with tutus and testosterone, blush-pink ballet pumps, fierce false eyelashes and prima ballerina attitude. 

Des Moines Civic Center

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 Swan Lake. According to The Guardian, it’s “the funniest night you’ll ever have at the ballet!” 

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Celebrating their 50th anniversary season, the world’s foremost all-male comic ballet company return with their breathtaking pointe work and hilarious parodies of classical ballet favorites. Whether you’re a ballet aficionado or don’t know a plié from a jeté, the prima ballerinas of the Trocks deliver hilarity and awe. It’s the most fun you’ll ever have at the ballet!

California State University, Long Beach

Look no further for top-notch ballet that’s also uproariously funny! The world’s foremost all-male comic ballet company, famed for performing en travesti and on pointe, is back with another sensational program spoofing some of your favorite works—for the first time in San Diego. The virtuosity and technical prowess of these dancers amaze even as they exaggerate the foibles, accidents, and underlying incongruities of serious dance. As pioneers of diversity and acceptance, the Trocks’ mission continues: to bring the pleasure of dance to the widest possible audience.

Balboa Theatre

This playful take on classical ballet has garnered rave reviews in such esteemed publications as The New Yorker, The New York Times and The Village Voice. The troupe entrances audiences with its technical mastery, impeccable comic approach, and the astounding fact that men can, indeed, dance en pointe without falling flat on their faces.

McCallum Theatre

For lovers of live performance, there is a deeply satisfying combination of delights that the Trocks deliver better than almost anyone else: exquisite technique and elegant styling, deftly delivered with a hilarious punchline. Celebrating its landmark 50th anniversary season, the all-male drag ballet company is adored for affectionately skewering the old warhorses of classical dance and inviting audiences to rediscover both obscure and beloved scenes from classic repertoire. The Trocks were groundbreaking at their founding in 1974, and their irreverent, deeply informed romps through the glories and excesses of the dance world continue to offer laughs for aficionados and novices alike. “This is a company that brings its audiences pure joy” (The Seattle Times).

University of California, Berkeley

The world’s foremost all-male comic ballet company, the Trocks dances en travesti with razor-sharp wit and breathtaking pointe work, performing polished works that span the classical ballet canon. Founded in New York City in 1974, and now celebrating its landmark 50th anniversary season, the company has grown from its roots in off-off Broadway to a global touring sensation.

Granada Theatre

Any Trocks fan will tell you—come for the side-splitting comedy, stay for the fantastic dancing! The technically stunning and shockingly elegant all-male comic ballet company of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo make a long-awaited return to Austin with their singular brand of ballet satire. Dance aficionados revel in the company’s smart send-ups of iconic repertory and ballet “newbies” are delighted by the high-camp drama executed with flair and finesse.

Bass Concert Hall

The world’s foremost all-male comic ballet company dances with razor-sharp wit and breathtaking pointe work, performing polished parodies of works that span the classical ballet canon. A guaranteed hoot for people who know nothing of ballet and an absolute must for those who think they know the originals

Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo: 50th Anniversary

Alexander W. Dreyfoos Concert Hall

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, the world’s foremost all-male comic ballet company, returns with its internationally beloved troupe of dancers and groundbreaking repertoire. Affectionately known as the Trocks, the company has been dancing en travesti for over 50 years, with razor-sharp wit and breathtaking pointe work, performing polished parodies of works that span the classical ballet canon. Revered by ballet aficionados as well as by those who don’t know a plié from a jeté, the Trocks are “a guaranteed hoot for people who know nothing of ballet and an absolute must for those who think they know the originals” (Sydney Star Observer).

The University of New Mexico

For almost 50 years, the all-male comedy ballet company Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (affectionately known as “the Trocks”) have been delighting audiences of all ages at sell-out performances featuring their fabulous sense of fun and their flawless dance.

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo - Mixed Bill

King's College London

Ballet like you’ve never seen it before!

For almost 50 years, the all-male comedy ballet company Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (affectionately known as “The Trocks”) have been delighting audiences worldwide with their fabulous sense of fun and flawless dance.

Originally from New York, the Trocks are now loved world-wide for their sassy spoofs and hilarious homages to classical ballet, where the dancers each transform into two personas, both ballerina and danseur!

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

Feb 14, 2026

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5 - 9 May, 2026

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo - Mixed Bill

9 - 10 Jun, 2026

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Apr 26, 2025

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Dec 17, 2024 - Jan 5, 2025

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo