Les Ballets Trockadero: de Monte Carlo
Featuring dancers with names such as Ida Nevasayneva, Fifi Barkova and Margeux Mundeyn, this all-male drag comedy ballet company pokes fun at the classics of ballet with amazingly accurate and skillful professional technique. Focusing their attention primarily on 19th-century Russian ballet, they play the part of dancers who have been expelled from Russia but refuse to give up their art. Showcasing a riotous rendition of Michel Fokine's dying swan slowly shedding its plumage as it nears its demise, among excerpts from other well-known ballets, the Trocks' flaunt their technique with style and finesse. With the seriousness and dedication that the dance troupe posses, this documentary reveals why they are adored by schooled fans of classical dance from around the world.