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grace Member	posted June 28, 2000 08:04 it's a wonder we ever got this Fun Stuff section going, without starting HERE! http://www.trockadero.org/ btw, cute things happen to your mouse pointer here. go along and meet dancers Margot Mundeyn, Jacques D'Aniels, Tanya Doumiafeyva, Velour Pilleaux, Ida Nevasayneva, Iona Trailer, and the Legupski brothers - amongst others... stuart will like the design of THIS page best: http://www.trockadero.org/Schedule.html [This message has been edited by grace (edited June 28, 2000).] IP: Logged
Stuart Sweeney Administrator	posted June 28, 2000 17:12 But...when I looked at the dancers section, there are no pictures of the girls in the company - it's all boys! On the rest of the site and when I saw them (in the flesh) there were lots of lovely (well, not all) ballerinas. Have I missed something? [This message has been edited by Stuart Sweeney (edited June 28, 2000).] IP: Logged
grace Member	posted June 28, 2000 18:50 duh, stuart! "have you missed something?" ...i THINK SO. IP: Logged
Michael Montgomery Member	posted June 28, 2000 19:01 I don't believe it... talk about Educating Rita... IP: Logged
Stuart Sweeney Administrator	posted June 29, 2000 03:15 Michael, do you mean that this Rita is one of the unidentified girls in the Company? IP: Logged
grace Member	posted June 29, 2000 04:56 that's right stuart. pronounced as Ritt-a, not Reet-a. her full name's Rita Lynn - she's very good at allegro - the faster the better... pull the other one! michael: he's a mensa member for heaven's sake!........ still, i guess there are some things EVEN stuart might not know... [This message has been edited by grace (edited July 03, 2000).] IP: Logged
angelica Member	posted July 03, 2000 07:31 This was lots of fun, we laughed and laughed! Thank You for this link, Grace. IP: Logged
angelica Member	posted July 03, 2000 07:36 My friend Shelley says to tell you we worked out about the Ritalin joke, but maybe other people don't know about it. (Her little boy has ADHD.) She still thinks it's funny though. IP: Logged
grace Member	posted July 04, 2000 07:36 thanks angelica! glad we made you laugh! i've just realised i MUST add this to my AICD Links pages!!!! IP: Logged
Azlan Administrator	posted July 04, 2000 11:33 Reminds me of an incident last year. A friend had his program notes autographed and sealed with a purple-lipped kiss by one of the ballerinas, backstage. I had to avert my eyes as most of the ballerinas where in the process of undressing. IP: Logged
grace Member	posted July 04, 2000 18:49 ummmmm....exactly what brought this to mind, azlan? have i missed something lurid at that site? IP: Logged
Azlan Administrator	posted July 04, 2000 19:31 Sorry, I meant it was a ballerina with the Trocks that my friend got the autograph from. We went backstage after a show by Les Trocks at Stanford. IP: Logged
grace Member	posted July 05, 2000 02:40 ah! so THAT explains the purple lips - thanks! IP: Logged
Stuart Sweeney Administrator	posted July 05, 2000 15:26 Wait a minute - no it can't be. Are you telling me that the ballerinas are played by BOYS? IP: Logged
grace Member	posted July 05, 2000 21:24 mensa, my FOOT! IP: Logged
Maggie Moderator	posted July 06, 2000 06:06 Maybe they're girls pretending to be boys pretending to be girls. IP: Logged
trina Moderator	posted July 16, 2000 11:01 I have a friend in Les Trocks...he said they are the absolute most popular in Japan. Go figure....they have groupies following them around and calling them in their hotel room in the middle of the night!! He said it's a pretty grueling tour schedule and they really dance their butts (or is it tutus?) off! Heehee! IP: Logged
grace Member	posted August 11, 2000 05:38 so - i think they've been on a english tour recently/now-ish: anyone seen them, this time around? IP: Logged
Stuart Sweeney Administrator	posted August 11, 2000 06:27 grace, I think that they arrive soon and hit London late September for a few nights. IP: Logged
Stuart Sweeney Administrator	posted August 26, 2000 12:47 As stated above, The Trocks are touring the UK in September and will come to London at the end of the month. So it’s useful to get some up to date info. on this glorious Company. The journalist has fun, but obviously doesn’t enjoy the broad humour bits as much as I do. quote: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo may look nutty, with its male ballerinas, over-the-top stage names and mostly witty choreographic jokes. But on Tuesday night at the Joyce Theater, the company presented the kind of dream repertory one seldom sees these days. Although this second of two Joyce programs was mostly classical ballet fare by the big guns of Russian and French ballet in the 19th and early 20th centuries, there was also a dollop of dance by that stalwart American avant-gardist Merce Cunningham. It's a really clunky direct URL so go to the page below, select Dance on the LHS bar and then the Trocks review. http://www.nytoday.com [This message has been edited by Stuart Sweeney (edited August 26, 2000).] IP: Logged
Priscilla Moderator	posted August 26, 2000 14:10 They were here earlier this year and played to wildly appreciative crowds, from what I understand. Didn't actually see the show, but saw the dancers at a party one night and was shocked at how TINY a few were. One gentleman in particular was just like a little bird with a lot of hair. IP: Logged
Stuart Sweeney Administrator	posted August 30, 2000 15:12 Eva Yaa Asantewaa reviews the various dance festivals in New York this Summer, including the premier of the Trocks 'Raymonda' (about half way down). http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0035/asantewaa.shtml IP: Logged
bek Member	posted August 31, 2000 23:05 quick story about the Trocks. (sorry, I am never quick or short...only in height) Many years ago....when my parents were still alive...(15) I told my Dad about the Trocks. He bought tickets for my mother and he to go. They were performing in the bay area, some where....Oakland, Berkeley or wherever. Anyway, he did not tell my mother about them. She spend the first half of the program not saying anything. At intermission, she said to my Dad, "this is the worst company we have ever gone to see...all the ballerinas look like MEN!" My father just laughed and laughed at her. She, being my mom, just gave him a look like what the h..ell is your problem?? Then when the show began again,,,,she noticed that the pretty little ballerinas had hair on their chests and didn't shave their pits. It FINALLY dawned on her what my father took her too......... Then she began to crack up..... My father was the most awful tease in the world...(I know I grew up with him!!).. I can't begin to imagine the resulting amount of teasing my Mother had to endure from that point foward about her going to see an all male company and thinking they were all females. Anyway,..... Just a laugh..... so don't feel too bad......... It can happen to the best of us. (my parents had been devotees of ballet for 30 + years when this happened.) ------------------ bek CCA CREATIONS Website: http://members.tripod.com/~Casalino IP: Logged
Stuart Sweeney Administrator	posted August 31, 2000 23:43 That's a really sweet story bek. I wonder how many people have had a similar experience? My understanding is that the dancing in the Trocks is a lot better now. Perhaps today the penny would take even longer to drop for your Mum. [This message has been edited by Stuart Sweeney (edited September 01, 2000).] IP: Logged
grace Member	posted September 01, 2000 18:41 yes: great story. your mother must have taken these things in good spirit! i get that impression, too, stuart - even from their website photographs - that today's dance standard is much higher than when i saw them about 15 years ago. i'd love to see them again! IP: Logged

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