Dublin Dance Festival — Les Ballets Trockadero

Dublin Dance Festival opens on Thursday, April 30, with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre. (dublindancefestival.ie) The company, widely known as the Trocks, is playing Dublin for two nights, April 30 and May 1, as part of its 50th Anniversary Tour. (dublindancefestival.ie) (trockadero.org) Dublin Dance Festival runs from April 30 to May 16, 2026, with performances, films, talks, workshops, club nights and outdoor events spread across the city. (dublindancefestival.ie) (rte.ie) The Trocks built their reputation as an all-male comic ballet company that parodies the conventions of romantic and classical ballet while dancing the steps at a high technical level. (trockadero.org) (dublindancefestival.ie) The Dublin booking lists a two-hour show, including two intervals, with tickets priced from €26.50 to €56.50. The venue notes that the production may contain strobe lighting, flashing lights, smoke and haze. (dublindancefestival.ie) Festival organizers say the 2026 programme combines Irish and international work across multiple venues, with artists including Junk Ensemble, Christos Papadopoulos, Emma Martin and Mufutau Yusuf with Luail. (dublindancefestival.ie) (rte.ie) The Trocks’ Dublin dates are also the first stop on a wider Ireland and United Kingdom tour presented by Dance Consortium, which continues through June 24. (danceconsortium.com) (onedanceuk.org) For Dublin Dance Festival, that opening booking puts a 50-year-old touring ballet company at the front of a 17-day citywide programme that starts on April 30 and ends on May 16. (dublindancefestival.ie)