The Trocks, an all male ballet company

Photos of The Trocks, a New York based all male ballet parody group.

The Trocks, a New York based company of all male ballet dancers. The parody, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, comprises Swan Lake, Pas De Deux, La Trovatiara and Majismas with the full appointment of tutus and tiaras.

Raffaele Morra, a member of The Trocks, performs Dying Swan during a dress rehearsal at the Royal Theatre in Sydney.

The Trocks will be performing in Atlanta at the Ferst Center for the Arts on January 24, 2010.

As their promotional material describes them: "Combining a wicked comic sense of humor with a devoted respect and true talent for classical dance, the all-male, 16-member "Clown Princes of Ballet" dance the fine line between high art and high camp."

The New York Times said of the performance: "This rendition of the ballet may be a riot ... but it's not slight, and the dancing, in which airy Romantic lightness is accented with male vigor, is full of brazen details."

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo dancers Joshua Grant, left, and Brock Ahyhoe wearing Swan Lake tutus pose for pictures in the Kings Cross fountain in Sydney, Australia.

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo dancers Joshua Grant left, and Brock Ahyhoe do a muscle man pose in the Kings Cross fountain in Sydney, Australia.

The Trocks were founded in 1974 "by a group of ballet enthusiasts for the purpose of presenting a playful, entertaining view of traditional, classical ballet in parody form" according to their website.

According to their promotional material, "They are turbo-charged ballerinas with amazing flexibility, the strength of well-trained men, and the ability to spin like tops."

"The comedy is achieved by incorporating and exaggerating the foibles, accidents, and underlying incongruities of serious dance," explains the troup's website.

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The Trocks, a New York based company of all male ballet dancers. The parody, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, comprises Swan Lake, Pas De Deux, La Trovatiara and Majismas with the full appointment of tutus and tiaras.

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