Tag: rockettes

Face Off: Four Pros Share Their Go-To Makeup Routines

There are zillions of makeup goodies out there, and just as many ways to wear them. Rather than spending the rest of your life trying to find that perfect black eyeliner pen, take a cue from these pros, who have streamlined their prep routines to get the job done night after night. Megan Levinson, Radio […]

Mia Michaels Is Getting Her Rockette On

It’s official! Not only are the Rockettes unveiling a brand new summer show this year—titled New York Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes—but they’ve also tapped genius Mia Michaels to choreograph and direct. That’s right: Michaels will be given full creative reign. And after the awesome opening number she created for last year’s Spring Spectacular, […]

Maddie Ziegler's a Natural Rockette

We’ve been living for the Rockettes and their fierce moves this (and every!) holiday season. So naturally, we were thrilled when Maddie Ziegler joined forces with a few of the stellar ladies to learn a classic Rockette combo. Teen Vogue’s video follows Maddie from the dressing room—where she prepped and primped to Rockette-level glam—to the studio, ready to learn […]

A Day In the Life of a Rockette

Is she glam? Is she #goals? Then she must be a Radio City Rockette. There are tons of behind-the-scenes videos and photo shoots for the ballerinas out there, while the Rockettes remain relatively elusive. That’s part of their appeal, of course. But for dance nerds like us, who crave some insider information, a Rockettes day-in-the-life […]

Want to Be a Rockette?

Hey, everybody! Do you dream of being a Rockette in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular? Well, now’s your chance: They’re holding open auditions on August 10. That’s in 10 days, people! Start working those eye-high kicks now. Oh, and it couldn’t hurt to go behind the scenes with us at a previous Rockette audition! The […]

Derek Hough Takes Radio City Music Hall

When you add two awesome and successful things together, they’re bound to create an even more awesome result. Such is the combination of the Radio City Rockettes’ Spring Spectacular + Derek Hough. The ballroom superstar will cha cha across that giant stage when the show opens in NYC this March. (Okay, I don’t actually know […]

The 92-Year-Old Rockette

It’s kind of hard to fathom the fact that the Radio City Rockettes have been around since 1925. I mean, just think about the periods of American history these leggy ladies have kicked their way through! Pretty surreal. 92-year-old Eleanor Leight can tell you what it was like to be a Rockette during the 1940s, […]

The Rockettes by the Numbers

When we watch the Rockettes perform in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, we see a group of impeccable dancers moving in perfect unison—not a sequin or an eyelash out of place. But it takes a lot of intricate behind-the-scenes work to keep the Rockettes stage-ready. Here’s a by-the-numbers look at the Rockettes’ Christmas Spectacular experience, […]