Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Caro - TIP TOE Soho International Dance Festival

North American comic ballet company that parodies the classical repertoire with male dancers en pointe. This show is part of the TIP TOE Soho International Dance Festival, at the Teatro del Soho CaixaBank.

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo is a North American comic ballet company founded in New York in 1974. Its founders, Peter Anastos, Anthony Bassae and Natch Taylor, broke away from Larry Ree's Gloxinia Trockadero Ballet to create a group devoted to dance and choreography. Their first performances took place on an improvised stage at a gay and lesbian community organisation, run by Eugene McDougle, who would later become the company's general director.

The production parodies academic dance with male dancers who play all the roles, female ones included, and dance en pointe. The repertoire ranges from classical works to original creations, and respects the styles and conventions of each genre. The comedy comes from exaggerating the stumbles, loss of balance and incongruities inherent in ballet, while the performers embody swans, sylphs, water nymphs or Victorian ladies. The humour sits alongside admiration for the discipline, and the show is accessible to both ballet enthusiasts and those seeing ballet for the first time.

This show forms part of the TIP TOE Soho International Dance Festival and is presented at the Teatro del Soho CaixaBank, on Calle Córdoba in Málaga. The venue's programme focuses on theatre, with some concerts. The company is currently celebrating its 50th anniversary.