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Show F4 _The Salt Lake Tribune CALENDAR Friday, January 22, 1999 The Trocks: NotJust Menin Tutus Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo will appear at the Capitol The- atre, 50 W. 200 South. Salt Lake City, Wednesday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $19.50 to $35. Call ArtTix, 355-ARTS. @ Continued from F-1 adero de Monte Carlo all come We have dancers from the Atlanta Ballet, from the Dallas Ballet, and someforeign national dancers — from the Philippines, South America, Spain and South Africa,” said Dobrin. And one from Davis County, Utah. Jason Hadleystudied at the Ballet West Conservatoryfor sev- eral years in the ‘90s. “He always wanted to wear pointe shoesto im- prove his feet,’’ remembered Sharee Lane,the conservatory’s assistant director. “And now he gets to do that everyday.” Whatall theTrockspossess is a and an originalballet, “The Gilded Bat.” Anastosis a not a great choreog- rapher, but he is a funny man (checkoutthe crocin “Peter Pan’), and his humorlaunchedthe one-of- a-kind company. “We're the only [ballet] company I knowof that works specifically in comedy,” said Dobrin. reversal — heavily made-up men than Peter Anastos, who, on a lark, founded the troupe with a couple of friends in 1974. Anastos is known here forhis work with Ballet West. Under formerartistic di- rector John Hart presented Anastos quita” and a pas de deuxto be an- Tory Dobrin “Swan Lake” is the company’s signature work and most popular ballet. “Most everyone has heard “Swan Lake,” “The Dying Swan” and “Pas de Quatre.” And while suchballets remain the heart of the repertory, new works, mostly clas- sies, have been added. Dobrin points to ‘Gaite Parisienne,” lets. “Everything is geared toward entertaining the audience. We try to do that byoffering all types of ‘“Paquita,” “Esmeralda,” Robert La Fosse’s “Stars & Stripes Forever” and, like thelatter, other comedy,” said Dobrin. “Thereis a lotofslapstick, a lot of subtlestuff, pratfalls and getting into different kinds ofrelationships between the 3OLDEN DEN Lowe » IOMINATIONS &} CINEMARK SANDY OMIES9 > Biath aycca NIGCOMEDY! 1999 sundance: “Tom Han ks and Meg Ryan Are Magic!” Wand By) jel Siegel, ABC-TV, GOOD MORNING AMERICA CaaneaeRSet aay “Two Thumbs Up!” Tom Hanks Panic €alb322 Roa Pan Seeeee Dobrin. 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If you werenot, you would the Trocks’classical numberssati- rize the decadent days whenballerinas were divas — whena girl had to ooze charm and size up the gallantsin the houseif she expected to live well.” From the beginning, the Trockadero repertory has contained such “There is a lot of slapstick, a lot of subtle stuff, pratfalls and getting into different kinds of atunova,” “Sonia Leftova,” “Igor Slowpokin” and “Natasha Notgou- said Dobrin. lot of class you would ever want to be in pleasure comes from thefact that Dancers such as “Vera Nameth- straight. 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