The Trockadero Gloxinia Ballet Company

Organization

"In 1972, three members (Larry Ree, Richard Goldberger, and Lohr Wilson) of Charles Ludlam's Ridiculous Theatrical Compnay formed their own dance troupe, the Trockadero Gloxinia Ballet Company. [The group] combin[ed]... camp, drag, exaggeration, and Ludlam's respect for theatrical history... Performing in a succession of Greenwich Village lofts and small theaters the Gloxinia attracted a growing audience base, enough to expand the company to a dozen dancers... Four members of Ree's troupe decided to form their own company in 1974. Thus was born Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo..."

Claude J. Summers, ed., The Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance, & Musical Theater. Cleis Press, 2004.

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Arlene Croce wrote about the company (including its 1974 performance at La MaMa) in her essay "Two Trockaderos," which first appeared as an essay in the New Yorker, and then in her book, "Writing in the Dark, Dancing in the New Yorker".

Arlene Croce, Writing in the Dark, Dancing in the New Yorker. Macmillan, 2003.
active dates: 1972 – 1994
Trockadero Gloxinia Ballet Com

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