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The all-male ballet company Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo returns to Portland for a performance at the Arlene Schnitzer
Concert Hall on Wednesday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m.
Clown Princes of Ballet
‘The Tracks’
bring comic
antics with
virtuoso dance
A fte r a s e v e n -y e a r a b s e n c e ,
W hite B ird is delighted to announ ce
the return o f the all-m ale ballet c o m
pany L es B allets T rockadero de
M onte C arlo on W ednesday, A pril
2 fo r a 7 :30 p.m . perform ance at the
A rlene S ch n itzer C oncert H all.
T h e T rack s, as they are affec
tionately know n, have expert know l
edge o f classical ballet, their perfect
com ic tim ing and the astounding
fact that th ese superbly talented
m en dance en pointe - and do it
m agnificently - have w on them le
gions o f fans from A sia to E urope,
from South A m erica to South A f
rica, and everyw here in betw een.
D ance critics around the w orld
have hailed them fo r their uncanny
co m b in atio n o f com ic antics and
virtuoso ballet. T h e Seattle T im es
has called them the “clow n princes
o f b allet.”
B ased in N ew Y ork City, Les B al
lets T ro ck ad ero de M onte C arlo is a
co m p an y o f 16 professional m ale
dancers p erform ing the full range o f
the b allet and m o d em dance rep er
toire, inclu d in g classical and o rig i
nal w orks in faithful renditions o f
the m anners and conceits o f those
dance styles.
T he co m ed y is achieved by in
corporating and ex ag g eratin g the
foibles, accidents, and underlying
incongruities o f serious dance. The
fact that m en dance all the parts —
heavy bodies delicately balancing
on toes as sw ans, sylphs, w ater
sprites, rom antic princesses, angst-
ridden V ictorian la d ie s— enhances
rath er than m ocks the spirit o f dance
as an art form , delighting and am us
ing the audience at large, from the
m ost know ledgeable to the novice.
T ick ets start at $26, available at
w hitebird.org and the Portland’5 Box
O ffice, 1111 S.W . B roadw ay.
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