Les Ballets Trockadero, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 (Harmonia Mundi). Even if you don’t go in for drag acts, it’s hard to resist the fabulously ingenious dance comedy of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, an all-male troupe that performs classical ballet–complete with tutus. The smartest works in their repertory are Peter Anastos’ “Yes, Virginia, Another Piano Ballet” and “Go for Barocco,” in which the quirks and foibles of Jerome Robbins and George Balanchine are satirized with ruthlessly knowing precision. Both dances are available on a pair of newly reissued DVDs that also contain an assortment of “straight” classical works danced with paralyzingly funny near-sincerity. “Yes, Virginia” is on the first disc, “Go for Barocco” on the second (TT).
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
