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DANCE NEWS: "Ballerina Boys," A New Documentary on The Trocks, Airs on PBS this June 4 for Pride Month

DANCE NEWS: "Ballerina Boys," A New Documentary on The Trocks, Airs on PBS this June 4 for Pride Month

Published on May 28, 2021

PBS' American Masters is soon to air a new documentary on the all-male comic ballet company Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (The Trocks). Titled Ballerina Boys, the documentary is premiering nationwide on Friday, June 4 at 9 p.m. on PBS and the PBS Video app in honor of Pride Month.

Photo credit: American Masters

Ballerina Boys is a portrait of The Trocks, an all-male ballet company and international dance sensation. For over 45 years the company has shared their signature style and message of equality, inclusion and social justice with audiences around the world. The men perform classical ballet en pointe and in drag, challenging the art form’s rigid gender norms as they mix rigorous technique with comedy and satire. Inspired by the Stonewall Riots of 1969, the company was fueled by the spirit of defiance and creative exuberance that the gay rights movement unleashed.

The film follows The Trocks on tour in the Carolinas, an epicenter of continued struggles for LGBTQ rights. Ballerina Boys interweaves original interviews and contemporary and archival performance footage to tell the remarkable history of the company and culminates with The Trocks’ 2019 performance at the Stonewall 50th anniversary concert at Central Park’s SummerStage in New York City. In the words of ballerina Kevin Garcia, “Every time the curtain opens we represent progress for equality. We just do it dancing.”

Photo credit: American Masters

The documentary will also be available to stream for free for 28 days after the premiere. 


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