Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo—known affectionately as the Trocks—have been gleefully upending ballet’s solemn conventions since their founding in New York City in 1974. The dancers are classically trained, the choreography is demanding, and the pointe work is real. “We work so hard at the ballet, and then we also work so hard at the comedy too. “I love that you can have so many different kinds of expression in the company,” Brewer says. Vincent Brewer in character as Moussia Shebarkarova for Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo.