The Trocks are returning Wednesday night, Feb. Since body shaving is more popular these days, the upcoming Hancher audience may not see hairy armpits or tufts of chest hair, like in , when Artistic Director Tory Dobrin began dancing with the Trocks.
Where: Hancher Auditorium, E. Park Rd. When: p. Wednesday, Feb. As a lover of ballet, I was dying by the end of these particular pieces performed at Hancher about 40 years ago.
By mid, the Trocks moved onward and upward, hiring a full-time teacher and ballet mistress, thanks to qualifying for the National Endowment for the Arts Touring Program. Thus began an international trek that has taken the Trocks to more than cities in 43 countries. Click on their photos on trockadero. While demand for the Trocks is high, and the management team has floated the idea of having multiple troupes to send on tour, Torbin is determined not to take that leap.
The California native, now 70, became a troupe member sort of by accident, when a friend from his ballet class in New York said he was going to audition for the company, which needed dancers for a week tour in South America. I think they thought we were the ballet of Monte Carlo, or they probably would have never let us in. The audience soon found out. And so I think the public was kind of using us to express their desire for freedom of spirit.
But this was like a sports arena type thing. And that's addictive for a performer. Then the AIDS epidemic set in. But Torbin is staying in New York during this 50th anniversary tour, doing the administrative work. In addition to speaking with The Gazette on Feb. You have to count the money in the cash register, you have sweep the floor, you have to stock the shelves, you have to order the food.
