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[Alexandra]

I was surprised no one posted about the Trocks' recent New York season.  Did anyone go?

[andycrawford]

Alexandra, on Jan 4 2005, 02:38 PM, said:

I was surprised no one posted about the Trocks' recent New York season.  Did anyone go?

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i often wonder why the trocks do it .... men in pointe shoes .... i can't even imagine that kind of pain !

[Paul Parish]

not to mention the false eyelashes....

o the heartbreak

[Old Fashioned]

The Trocks were in Houston this past weekend...I've been dying to see them forever but didn't go.  I'll have plenty of chances next year, though.  I wonder why they haven't been reviewed in the Chronicle yet.

[Paul Parish]

Dunno, Old-Fashioned, but my hunch is that criticss here are waiting out of courtesy to Cal Performances, who're presenting them AGAIN in the Bay Area later this season. the Trocks did have a one-off in San Rafael a week or 2 ago.

Don't miss them. there are certain values in their dancing that are REAL ballet values but you don't see them anywhere else, they're so old-fashioned. And besides, the more you love ballet, and the more you know about it, the funnier they are.

[Old Fashioned]

They perform frequently in NYC, though, don't they?  I'm moving next year.

[carbro]

andycrawford, on Feb 2 2005, 08:09 PM, said:

men in pointe shoes .... i can't even imagine that kind of pain !

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Today pointe shoes; tomorrow childbirth!    

[andycrawford]

Paul Parish, on Feb 2 2005, 09:07 PM, said:

not to mention the false eyelashes....

o the heartbreak

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lol yeah ! but some of them do it better than some of the corps girls i've seen here and there !

[chrisk217]

Paul Parish, on Feb 3 2005, 06:04 AM, said:

Don't miss them. there are certain values in their dancing that are REAL ballet values but you don't see them anywhere else, they're so old-fashioned.

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Paul, I am intrigued.
I was going to watch them someday (I love comedy of all sorts) but now I'm very interested. And what are the real ballet values you are talking about?

[Estelle]

May I recommend two recent articles by Mary Cargill and Leigh Witchel in the Dance View Times about some performances by the Trocks ?

http://www.danceview.../01/Trocks1.htm
http://www.danceview.../01/Trocks2.htm

and also an older article by Leigh on his web site:

http://members.aol.c...chel/990424.htm