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The dying swan solo from Swan Lake“Le Cygne” from Camille Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals, courtesy of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo—the drag homage/satire of fusty, old-time Russian ballet.
Read the Guardian‘s profile of the company—they started as a two-weekend whim in 1974—here.
Brend an Kiley has worked as a child actor in New Orleans, as a member of the junior press corps at the 1988 Republican National Convention, and, for one happy April, as a bootlegger’s assistant in Nicaragua.... More by Brendan Kiley
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This is not from Swan Lake; it’s “Le Cygne” (The Swan) from Camille Saint-Saëns’s “Carnival Of the Animals”.
I love the Trock. Thanks for the pick-me-up.
What always bowls me over about the Troc (and I’m a former ballet teacher) is how technically good they are. Their parodies start with a real love and knowledge of the lore and conventions of ballet and throws in some remarkably good dancing. Tutus off to you, my dears! One can’t not love you.
I’ve seen them here several times, but the big problem is that their performance is like a friend’s t-shirt with some funny saying – its like seeing the same joke over and over and over and over and…