Dublin Dance Festival — Trockadero Opening

Dublin Dance Festival opens on Thursday, April 30, with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo launching the 2026 edition at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre. (dublindancefestival.ie) The company’s 50th Anniversary Tour is booked for two Dublin performances, on April 30 and May 1, both at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are listed from €26.50 to €56.50. (dublindancefestival.ie) Dublin Dance Festival says the show runs about two hours, including two intervals, and carries an age guidance of 10 and older. The venue listing also warns of strobe lighting, flashing lights, smoke and haze. (dublindancefestival.ie) Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, widely known as the Trocks, is an all-male comic ballet company founded in New York in 1974. Its performances spoof Romantic and classical ballet while preserving the technique, structure and repertory of the originals. (trockadero.org) (dublindancefestival.ie) The Dublin booking is the opening event in a festival that runs across the city from April 30 to May 16. Dublin Dance Festival’s 2026 programme includes work by Emma Martin, Mufutau Yusuf, Junk Ensemble, Christos Papadopoulos, Silvia Gribaudi and Alice Ripoll with Hiltinho Fantástico. (dublindancefestival.ie) (rte.ie) RTÉ reported in March that the festival’s 2026 edition would open with the Trocks as part of the troupe’s 50th Anniversary Tour. The company’s Ireland and UK leg then continues to London on May 5 and runs through June 24 across 14 venues. (rte.ie) (onedanceuk.org) One Dance UK said the touring programme includes Swan Lake, Dying Swan and Walpurgisnacht, with Pas d’Action from La Bayadère billed as a United Kingdom premiere on tour. The same announcement said 14 dancers from Spain, Japan, Mexico, Cuba, Italy and the United States are cast in the production. (onedanceuk.org) For Dublin, the opening week is built around a company that has spent five decades turning ballet’s strictest traditions into a comedy act without dropping the pointe work. On April 30, that is the festival’s first curtain. (dublindancefestival.ie) (trockadero.org)