With a short Instagram video message, Chase Johnsey announced yesterday that he will be joining English National Ballet. Hi everybody, this is Chase, with my new man bun, which I’m sort of obsessed with… So, I wanted to make a huge announcement – one that I’m very nervous about – but today I am joining the English National Ballet, as a First Artist, in their production of … [Read more...] about Ex-Trocks dancer Chase Johnsey to join English National Ballet as First Artist
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
The Tricks of the Trocks: powder, ice and pointe shoes
The audiences laugh, sometimes the dancers laugh, but getting a dozen or so male dancers on pointe through more than one hundred performances a year is no laughing matter. Being a Trock is a serious business. I talked to three of the Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo company - Alberto Pretto from Italy, Chase Johnsey from America and Carlos Renedo from Spain - about the … [Read more...] about The Tricks of the Trocks: powder, ice and pointe shoes
The Tricks of the Trocks: questions and answers with Alberto Pretto
Can you give a quick background leading up to how and why you finished up as a Trock? I trained at the Académie de Danse Classique Princesse Grace in Monte-Carlo. After graduation I got hired by English National Ballet and then I worked for the Koblenz Ballet in Germany. I felt like I needed a challenge, and I was bored with the roles that were assigned to me. I always … [Read more...] about The Tricks of the Trocks: questions and answers with Alberto Pretto
The Tricks of the Trocks: questions and answers with Carlos Renedo
Can you give a quick background leading up to how and why you finished up as a Trock? I was born and raised in Barcelona in Spain. I grew up always wanting to become an actor, and studied acting, as well as taking voice, Spanish guitar and magic lessons. It was later, when I was 17 years old, that I discovered the dance world. Ballet was something really hard and unknown at … [Read more...] about The Tricks of the Trocks: questions and answers with Carlos Renedo
The Tricks of the Trocks: questions and answers with Chase Johnsey
Can you give a quick background leading up to how and why you finished up as a Trock? I had a unique experience leading up to joining Ballets Trockadero. My first year at Harrison School of the Arts, in Lakeland, Florida, my ballet teacher was holding auditions for a ballet piece, which would be danced on pointe. I was waiting in the hallway for these auditions to be over, and … [Read more...] about The Tricks of the Trocks: questions and answers with Chase Johnsey
The Trocks return to Milan’s Teatro Arcimboldi for Christmas
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, usually referred to as as The Trocks, return to Milan's Teatro Arcimboldi for two performances on December 26 and 27. Founded in 1974 by a group of ballet enthusiasts for the purpose of presenting a playful, entertaining view of traditional, classical ballet in parody form and en travesti, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo first … [Read more...] about The Trocks return to Milan’s Teatro Arcimboldi for Christmas
Modern dancers are more creative than ballet dancers says new report
In findings sure to incite controversy among dancers and their fans, like those from the TV shows "So You Think You Can Dance" or even "Dancing with the Stars," new research suggests that modern and contemporary dancers have the most creativity among dancers. Ballet dancers, the research finds, show the least creativity. Scientists in Austria investigated the creativity … [Read more...] about Modern dancers are more creative than ballet dancers says new report