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Maxfield Haynes on Nonbinary Ballet and Joining the Trocks

Maxfield Haynes on Nonbinary Ballet and Joining the Trocks

by Claudia Bauer | Dec 16, 2021 | Career, Profiles, The Latest

Maxfield Haynes is only 24, but they already need a second page for their resumé. Classically trained at San Francisco Ballet School, and blessed with fierce extensions and meticulous pointe technique, the Kentucky native earned a BFA at NYU Tisch before joining...
Inside Trocks Dancer and Self-Proclaimed "Bag Lady" Alberto Pretto's Dance Bag

Inside Trocks Dancer and Self-Proclaimed "Bag Lady" Alberto Pretto's Dance Bag

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,...
Meet Carlos Hopuy, the Trock Who Will Put Your Pointework to Shame

Meet Carlos Hopuy, the Trock Who Will Put Your Pointework to Shame

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...
The Trock Life: Alberto Pretto on Pointe Shoes, Giselle and Channeling Carla Fracci

The Trock Life: Alberto Pretto on Pointe Shoes, Giselle and Channeling Carla Fracci

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...
The Trocks' Philip Martin-Nielson on Finding His Voice Through Ballet and Combating His Autism

The Trocks' Philip Martin-Nielson on Finding His Voice Through Ballet and Combating His Autism

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...
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