Trockadero

Trockadero is an all male drag ballet company which take classical ballets and add comical elements to them. In our screening we watched their version of swan lake act 2 where the prince meets Odette.  The whole piece was very entertaining with the dancers falling over being very cheesy and the use of different height dancer to add comedy.  All the dancers were very talented and did all the steps from the original Swan Lake. Even though I really enjoyed the piece I thought the comedy did take away from the technical techniques performed by the dancers.

The costumes were similar to the original the only problem I had with the costumes was the bodices playing the female roles didn’t fit the chest very well. Odette’s tutu in the piece seemed quite small emphasising the height of the male dancer adding to the comedy.