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Article: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse, December 12-17, 1995.
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- March 1, 1996
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LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO SYLVIA AND DANNY KAYE PLAYHOUSE DECEMBER 12-17, 1995 REVIEWED BY GUS SOLOMONS JR
Sporting yards of sequined satin (with strategically ruffled panties under capacious tutus), size EEE toe shoes, really bad wigs, and eyelashes out to here, pseudonymous Russian ballerinas and ballerinos storm the stage and for two hours hold us hostage with fractured versions of ballet classics.
After several seasons away and a change of artistic direction, the Trocks are back in New York City, more flamboyant than ever. Punny names and fanciful biographies give them whimsical personas: Ida Nevasayneva (Paul Ghiselin) is too myopic to locate ...