Tag: radio city rockettes

Fashion Forward: 3 Pros Share What Goes into Their Dancewear Choices

When it comes to in-studio dancewear, the pros know that the right look, piece, or material can mean the difference between a day feeling confident and comfortable, or just plain out of sorts. With so much time spent honing their craft in dance clothes, choosing those items takes equal parts strategy, creativity and a healthy […]

The Year Without the "Radio City Christmas Spectacular," According to One Rockette

For the last 15 holiday seasons, Rockette dance captain Danelle Morgan has spent most days (and nights!) at Radio City Music Hall, performing the legendary troupe’s trademark precision choreography and eye-high kicks in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. This year, of course, the Rockettes won’t get a chance to grace the Great Stage—but they’re keeping […]

The Rockettes + Chloe and Maud Arnold = the Tap Collab of Our Dreams

What do you get when a few Radio City Rockettes join forces with a few Syncopated Ladies? The talented girl-boss tap team we all needed, that’s what. Check out this adorable video mashup featuring several Rockettes keeping perfect time with tappers Chloe and Maud Arnold (created for National Tap Dance Day, but fabulous year-round). The […]

#SocialDisDancing: A Look at Rockette Taylor Shimko's At-Home Dance Life

From the most famous choreographers to the newest of dance newbies, we’re all going through the same pandemic-related struggles right now. So, how are the pros coping with it all? To find out, we’ve started a new interview series, #SocialDisDancing. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be catching up with some of your favorite dancers […]

How to Speak Rockette

Dream of performing the Radio City Rockettes’ ultra-precise choreography? You’ll need to learn some ultra-specific terminology! We asked four first-year Rockettes—fresh from learning all that choreo—to define a few useful phrases from their “secret” language. ABOUT-FACE “This is a military term, so I had no idea what it meant when we started learning ‘Parade of […]

A Brand-New Rockette Interviews a Veteran Rockette

Every year, hundreds of dancers audition for a chance to become a Radio City Rockette. Only a lucky few make the cut—this season, there are 13 newbies on the line—but many of them go on to perform with the Rockettes for years. Dance Spirit had the chance to listen in as first-year Rockette Mara Ranson […]