by Chava Pearl Lansky | Dec 20, 2018 | Profiles
Alberto Pretto, a dancer with the all-male comedy troupe Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, keeps his two dance bags stuffed with extra practice clothes, tutus and props. “I’m a total bag lady,” he says. While rehearsing as his Trocks alter ego,...
by Marina Harss | Nov 9, 2017 | Profiles, Viral Videos
One of the highlights of New York City’s Fall for Dance Festival this year was an appearance by the Ballets Trockadéro de Monte Carlo, a company of men who dance on pointe with as much panache and style as any prima ballerina. Their performance of Paquita...
by Madeline Schrock | Dec 20, 2016 | Company Life
Giselle is a dream role for most any dancer, and now, Alberto Pretto can count himself as one of the few men to perform it. This month, he made his debut in Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo’s Giselle (Act II). Pointe spoke with Pretto (aka Nina...
by Tiffany Jansen | Dec 14, 2015 | Career, Dancer Spotlight, Profiles
This story originally appeared in the December 2015/January 2016 issue of Pointe. Not every male dancer gets to take on roles like Swan Lake’s Odette, and Giannina in a restaging of Jules Perrot’s The Naïad and the Fisherman. But Philip Martin-Nielson...