Image credit: José Luis Marrero Medina
This spring, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monto Carlo arrives at Wales Millennium Centre for an exclusive two nights, bringing a twist to classic ballet to one of Europe’s biggest stages.
Fresh from celebrating their 50th anniversary, the Trocks (as they are affectionately known) are still delighting audiences worldwide with their hilarious parodies of classical ballet performed with impeccable techniques and fabulous comic timing. Their perfectly judged blend of satire, subversion and slapstick is rooted in deep knowledge and respect for the artform and its repertoire.
Presented by Dance Consortium, Trocks will head to 14 venues across the UK, which includes Cardiff in its early schedule. On this tour, audiences can expect the following repertoire:
Swan Lake
Choreography after Lev Ivanovich Ivanov. Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
The Trocks’ version of what is probably the best-known ballet in the world is an elegiac phantasmagoria of variations and ensembles in line and music. Swept up into the magical realm of swans (and birds), it is the company’s signature work.
Go For Barocoo
Choreography by Peter Anastos. Music by JS Bach.
Billed as the stylistic heir to Balanchine’s “Middle-Blue-Verging-On-Black-and-White Period,” Go For Barocco has become a primer in identifying stark coolness and choreosymphonic delineation in the new (neo) neo-new classic dance!
Dying Swan
Choreography after Michel Fokine. Music by Camille Saint-Saens.
It’s probably no exaggeration to say that the Trocks’ version of Dying Swan, the solo created for Anna Pavlova in 1905, has become as iconic as the original.
Walpurgisnacht
Choreography by Elena Kunikova after Leonid Lavrovsky. Music by Charles Gounod.
Inspired by the Bolshoi Ballet’s Valpurgeyeva Noch, the Trocks offer their version of the lavish ballet revelling in its dramatic, supernatural, mythological themes to joyful effect.
Pas de Deux or modern work or solo is also to be announced.
Trocks is the perfect blend of mesmerising dance and comedic timing, book now.
LISTING INFORMATION
12 & 13 May 2026, 7.30pm
Wales Millennium Centre, CARDIFF
Bute Place, Cardiff CF10 5AL
Tickets: 029 2063 6464 / https://www.wmc.org.uk/
This article is reproduced from a press release supplied to View Publishing and has been subject only to minor editorial edits for grammar, tone and house style.
