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The first non-white Rockette, a Japanese-born woman named Setsuko Maruhashi, was not hired until 1985. [12] The Rockettes did not allow dark-skinned dancers into the dance line until 1987. [13] The justification for this policy was that such women would supposedly distract from the consistent look of the dance group. [14]
Meet the new dancing queens. This Friday, the Radio City Christmas Spectacular returns for another magical holiday season — with a slew of fresh faces joining the show’s famed Rockettes this ...
The Radio City Rockettes perform more than 200 shows of the “Christmas Spectacular” at Radio City Music Hall each year! That sort of physical stamina takes some major preparation.
In 1987, when she was 20 years old, Jones auditioned to be a Radio City Music Hall Rockette at a Rockettes Open Call. She made the cut and became the dance company's first African American Rockette in its then-62-year history. [2] She was chosen out of 221 women who had auditioned for the 26 open spots on the coveted line. [3]
The Radio City Rockettes know how to bring the heat! Synonymous with the holiday season that falls within some of the year's coldest months in New York City, the decked-out dancers will stop at ...
The Radio City Music Hall Rockettes, an American dance troupe, follow and keep alive the Tiller Girls' tradition of high-kicking precision dancing. [citation needed] Russell Markert, founder of The Rockettes, reminisced: "I had seen the Tiller girls in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1922. If I ever got a chance to get a group of American girls who ...
The Rockettes. The holidays are here! And that means it's time for the world’s most famous kick line: The Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes. For nearly a century, since ...
The Rockettes gave fans a behind-the-scenes look at one special element of their production, the wooden soldier fall. The 36 Rockettes line up to do the memorable stunt. They begin practicing the ...