Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo – New York’s famous all-male pastiche ballet company – has gone from being an acquired taste to much-loved in nearly 40 years. In fact, there’s the slightest suggestion the company is fully aware of its cherished status and daren’t stray too far from it. The pre-show announcement in mock-Russian accent – there will be no appearance from ballerina Natalia Notgudinov – is exactly the same laboured joke made on their last tour. The Dying Swan, which Paul Ghiselin plays with a wonderful mix of Chaplin and Mr Bean, feathers fluttering everywhere, is now a not-to-be tampered-with greatest hit.

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