[1] The dancers portray both male and female roles in a humorous style that combines parodies of ballet, posing, and physical comedy with "straighter" pieces intended to show off the performers' technical skills.
This company included Larry Ree, Richard Goldberger, Lohr Wilson, Roy Blakey, Peter Anastos, Natch Taylor, and Anthony Bassae.
They often performed at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in the East Village of Manhattan.
They continued to perform at La MaMa in 1976[3][4] and 1977,[5] then returned in 1982,[6] twice in 1987,[7][8] and in 1990, with Madame Ekathrina Sobechenskaya's Original Trocadero Gloxinia Ballet.
[10] After receiving a favorable review in The New Yorker by Arlene Croce, the company was discovered by a wider audience.