TRICKS & TROCKS: Faced with a ballet company led by balle rinas named Margeaux Mundeyn and Ida Nevasayneva – and welcoming such former stars as Maria Gertrudes Club foot (billed as “the last of the great American-Indian balleri nas”), Vera Namethatuneova and Igor Slowpokin – were you to guess that this was a ballet company with a differ ence, you would certainly be on the right track. This is the in ternationally celebrated all-male – even the ballerinas come equipped with jockstraps – comic ballet troupe Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, which has never even seen Monte Carlo but enjoys old Grace Kelly movies. The com pany opens a two-week holiday season Tuesday at the Joyce Theater. There are two completely different programs, and the repertoire includes such Trockadero classics as “Go for Barocco” and “I wanted to dance with you at the Cafe of Experience.” More mundane (or should that be “mundeyn?”) fare is to be found in the company’s deconstructions of “Les Sylphides” and “Swan Lake Act 2.” For those who don’t like dancers in drag – tough luck. Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave., at 19th Street; (212) 242-0800.

Comments
anonymous profile image
Powered by RoundtableBuilt on infrastructure designed for real-time media. Learn more at RTB.io.© Roundtable 2026. By using this site you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy