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  The Rockettes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Rockettes are the best known precision dance company in the world, stationed out of the Radio City Music Hall.
The Radio City Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall, and numerous other American cities, is the most watched live show in the USA, with more than 2.1 million people annually.
During the halftime show of Super Bowl XXII in 1988, the Rockettes were seen by a television audience of 150 million viewers.
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 Christmas Spectacular The Rockettes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
For more than three quarters of a century, the Radio City Rockettes, the world's most famous precision dance troupe, have been a legendary force in entertainment, with a rich history of skill and dedication to their craft.
Their annual starring role in The Radio City Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall, and in other cities across the United States, is seen by more people in one year than most other live shows in America - more than 2.1 million people annually.
In 2002, the Radio City Rockettes celebrated 75 years of eye-high kicks and precision dance with the same enthusiasm and vigor that has become their trademark.
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 DAILY BRUIN ONLINE - Radio City Music Hall's Rockettes kick the Christmas season into gear   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Radio City Music Hall's Rockette Christmas Spectaular, however, not only accomplishes this, but it also finishes with the only snow that will fall in L.A. this season.
The famed Radio City Christmas Spectacular, a tradition for over 65 years, is now playing at the Univeral Amphitheatre.
With their trademark synchronized legs, the Rockettes are performing this holiday season at Universal City with, of course, Santa Claus.
www.dailybruin.ucla.edu /db/issues/99/12.06/ae.rockettes.html   (584 words)

  
 Business Wire: World's most famous holiday tradition comes to The Palace in multi-year deal; Radio City Rockettes to ...
Radio City's holiday show, which began in 1933, is the most popular and successful theatrical in the world, grossing a record-setting $39.5 million last year, with an audience of more than one million people from all fifty states and many foreign countries.
Tickets for premiere engagement of The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, November 22-December 21, 1996, at The Palace theater in Myrtle Beach, can be reserved by telephoning the toll-free number, 1-800-905-4228 or by calling (803) 448-0588.
Radio City Music Hall Productions is a leader in producing and presenting live entertainment, special events, concerts, television, theatricals and corporate events in locations throughout the world as well as in its landmark theater in New York City.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1995_Nov_29/ai_17793122   (1323 words)

  
 Xmas Homecoming as Radio City Rockettes return to birthplace, St. Louis
Radio City Rockettes must be between 5’6” and 5’10 ½ and demonstrate proficiency in tap, jazz, ballet and modern dance.
The Rockette line is made up of obviously dancers, but also businesswomen, fashion designers, students, actresses, volunteer workers and young mothers – all who have learned to perfect the art of balancing a dance career with their careers off the stage.
In addition to entertaining from the stage, the Rockettes are active members of the local community through their involvement in charitable and outreach programs while touring the country.
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 RADIO CITY ROCKETTES®
Their annual starring role in The Radio City Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall®, and in numerous other cities across the United States, is seen by more people in one year than most other live shows in America – more than 2.1 million people annually.
Radio City is delighted to help families create and enjoy their own family traditions during this important time of year.
Radio City Rockettes® must be between 5’6” and 5’10 _ and demonstrate proficiency in tap, jazz, ballet and modern dance.
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 Teen trains at Radio City with Rockettes 09/01/04
When the Rockettes come into town to play the Fox Theatre in Detroit with the "Radio City Christmas Spectacular," Nov. 26 through Dec. 26, thousands of people will be entertained by their precise choreography, particularly all those kicks they're famous for.
It was repeatedly impressed upon the students the Rockettes represent glamour, and in part that translates to strong, healthy-looking bodies.
Going through the training, seeing the reality of what being a Rockette takes, spending day after day at Radio City Music Hall, all convinced Natalie this is a dream that really could come true for her.
www.thenewsherald.com /stories/090104/lif_20040831034.shtml   (1191 words)

  
 Gaylord Opryland : Press Releases : Radio City Rockettes Join Opryland's 'A Country Christmas'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Fifty-two presentations of The Radio City Christmas Spectacular are scheduled in the 4,400-seat Grand Ole Opry House from Nov. 22-Dec. 30, 2001.
The legendary "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers," choreographed by the Rockettes' founder, Russell Markert, premiered that year, as did the remarkable "Living Nativity." Both numbers still are favorite scenes in the show.
In addition to the Rockettes, The Radio City Christmas Spectacular features dazzling lighting, elaborate costuming and scenery, and a cast and crew of almost 100 (including Santa Claus).
www.gaylordhotels.com /gaylordopryland/press/mar_30_01.cfm   (655 words)

  
 Best Read Guide: Branson: Santa's Gonna Rock and Roll at the Radio City Christmas Spectacular 10/23/00
Children of all ages will be enchanted by 90 minutes of live holiday entertainment where snowmen shimmy, reindeer fly, elves rap, and the Radio City Rockettes perform their fancy footwork and eye-high kicks.
"The Radio City Christmas Spectacular is a holiday tradition for millions of families around the country," said Howard Kolins, Executive Producer of The Radio City Christmas Spectacular.
In 1994, due to popular demand, Radio City Entertainment broadened the beloved holiday theatrical's schedule for the first time to encompass markets outside New York, beginning their expansion in Branson.
www.bestreadguide.com /branson/stories/20021023/sho_rockettes.shtml   (462 words)

  
 Rockettes & Radio City Music Hall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
At Christmas time, the one show that everyone is looking forward to is The Radio City Christmas Spectacular.
The show is performed by the Rockettes at the newly refurbished Radio City Music Hall.
As you are sitting in the plush red velvet seats, you enjoy the show that includes a cast of over 100 performers, wonderful costumes, and a beautiful live nativity at the end of the show.
www.student.nvcc.edu /home/kriley/trips/rockettes.htm   (109 words)

  
 CNN.com - Transcripts
PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: Well, their legs are legendary, but this morning New York City's Radio City Rockettes are kicking up a fuss over a loss of job security after a breakdown in contract talks with Radio City's parent company, Cablevision.
COOLEY: As far as being a Radio City Rockette is concerned, we consider this a career.
They say, "Radio City Entertainment has offered the Rockettes significant improvements in compensation and benefits through the most generous and fair contract in the industry.
www.studentnews.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0208/15/ltm.13.html   (1005 words)

  
 Radio City Music Hall Home of the Rockettes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
New York, NY Home of the well-known Rockettes and the Christmas Spectacular, this historic building remains a popular tourist attraction.
The Christmas Spectacular began in 1933 and has become a New York tradition, but Radio City also hosts concerts of mainstream artists such as Celine Dion, Tony Bennett and Bette Midler.
A tour allows visitors to view the Rockettes' practice room and the theatre itself, with its 24-karat gold-leaf ceilings and 30-foot chandeliers.
www.attractionsmall.com /NewYork/concerts/radiocitymusichall.htm   (91 words)

  
 radio city directory - California-Recall.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
the method we've chosen, as is used on this radio city topic area, is to present lists of links at the top of the page in handy "title only" form, while providing additional commentary for those who desire it, as footnotes.
Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue located in New York City's Rockefeller Center.
Searches may be made by city or state or frequency or within a radius or any combination of these.
www.california-recall.com /radio/radio-city.php   (1753 words)

  
 Theatre Review - The Radio City Rockettes Muny Spectacular   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
They have given us The Radio City Rockettes Muny Spectacular as an eightieth anniversary present to themselves, and it was exactly what I would have expected such a tribute to be.
Watching them kick, I realized that I have the same morbid fascination with the Rockettes that I have with the giant vegetables at the county fair - a mixture of awe, respect, and horror.
Nothing unexpected, and nothing unpleasant, the Radio City Rockettes Muny Spectacular is a celebration of eighty years of Muny History.
www.kdhx.org /reviews/rockettes.html   (507 words)

  
 Radio City Rockettes Trivia Test Official Rules 10
All taxes and all other expenses, costs or fees associated with the acceptance and/or use of the prize are the sole responsibility of the winner.
Winner assumes all liability for any injury or damages caused or claimed to be caused by his or her participation in the sweepstakes and/or the acceptance and/or use of any prize, and releases the Sponsor, the station's listed above and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents, and employees, from any such liability.
The winner's name and city of residence will be mailed to those who request it.
www.wwsb.com /promotions/rockettes/rules.htm   (706 words)

  
 CNN - Take an inside look at Radio City Music Hall's Rockettes auditions - December 8, 1998
NEW YORK (CNN) -- It was Christmas 1932 when Radio City Music Hall celebrated its opening night, and the Rockettes -- then known as the Roxyettes -- were there.
Ever since, the legendary, long-legged Rockettes have been kicking up their heels with to help New Yorkers celebrate the season.
The Radio City Christmas Spectacular continues, and women still line up every year for an open call to select new dancers.
www.cnn.com /SHOWBIZ/Music/9812/08/rockettes/index.html   (212 words)

  
 Life as a Rockette isn't just kicking up heels - PittsburghLIVE.com
The small studio at Point Park University seems to be transformed into a hall of mirrors as Rockettes director-choreographer Eileen Grace shouts out the moves, pitching her voice somewhere between that of a cheerleading squad leader and a drill sergeant.
Point Park is one of only four universities in the country that are hosting the Radio City Summer Intensive, a program designed to give young women the chance to live the life of a Rockette for a week.
The Radio City Rockettes make their Pennsylvania debut when the Christmas Spectacular premieres at the Benedum Center on Nov. 10, running through Dec. 4, as part of the PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh Series.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/entertainment/arts/s_346992.html   (745 words)

  
 Search: radio city rockettes
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 Exercise, Workout and Fitness Video Reviews - The Rockettes Kick Into Fitness   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Some of the routines actually incorporate the high-kick choreography the made the Rockettes famous, so video exercisers can really let their imagination go and have fun while simultaneously breaking a hefty sweat.
The video begins with a warm-up and stretch that was good, although I wish they had moved a little slower and held the stretches a tad longer.
The second part of the aerobics is the "kick intensive" section which is based on the famous kick lines the dancers are known for.
www.fabulousfoods.com /shop/prods/videos/rockettes.html   (356 words)

  
 Radio City And The Rockettes Reach A Labor Agreement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Radio City And The Rockettes Reach A Labor Agreement
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Earlier this month, Radio City, which is owned by Cablevision Systems, disbanded the roster of 41 Rockettes with guaranteed job security, mandating that they audition annually to be on the kick line, as do the rest of the 200 Rockettes nationwide.
www.webprowire.com /summaries/215929.html   (332 words)

  
 KDHX Theatre Review - The Radio City Christmas Spectacular Starring the Rockettes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Still, better late than never, especially when the famed precision dance team is the centerpiece of that gloriously glitzy confection known as the Radio City Christmas Spectacular.
The Radio City Christmas Spectacular more than lives up to its name, with lavish sets and costumes, a stage full of talented performers and, of course, the superhuman precision of the Rockettes.
At just about two hours including intermission, the Radio City Christmas Spectacular is, in short, an unashamedly gaudy holiday party – at least until the last scene, the so-called “Living Nativity”.
www.kdhx.org /reviews/radio_city_christmas.html   (428 words)

  
 Radio City Christmas Show
"The requirement at Radio City is for a sound system to cover from top to bottom, which is about a 90° vertical throw when the speakers are flown above the set as they are for this show, which VERTEC is very capable of handling.
The Radio City Christmas Spectacular debuted in 1933; one year after the Music Hall opened its doors for the first time.
This year, more than one million people are expected to attend the show at Radio City Music Hall, making it the #1 live show in America.
www.jblpro.com /pressroom/radiocity/radiocity.html   (985 words)

  
 Radio City Christmas Spectacular   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Children of all ages will be enchanted by live holiday entertainment as teddy bears dance, wooden soldiers come to life, snowmen shimmy, and reindeer fly, and the Radio City Rockettes perform their fancy footwork and eye-high kicks.
Those who have glowing memories of The Radio City Christmas Spectacular from the 2002 holiday season will be thrilled to see the spectacle and excitement return to the Hennepin Theatre District for 47 dazzling performances December 9 through 31, 2005.
The Radio City Christmas Spectacular is part of the 2005-06 MandI Bank Broadway in Minneapolis season, presented by Hennepin Theatre Trust.
www.hennepintheatredistrict.org /rockettes.asp   (271 words)

  
 Business Wire : Two American Icons Danskin & the Radio City Rockettes Become Dance Partners. @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Celebrating their 75th anniversary, the Radio City Rockettes, the world's most famous precision dance troupe, have been a legendary force in entertainment.
The legendary names in dance announced today that Danskin becomes the presenting sponsor of The Rockette Experience, a multi-city event which offers girls ages 10-18 the opportunity to become a Rockette for the day by taking a dance class from a Radio City Rockette.
Danskin also becomes the preferred dancewear and legwear of the Radio City Rockettes and the sponsor of the Rockette's national audition tour that begins in April and visits four cities.
static.highbeam.com /b/businesswire/march132001/twoamericaniconsdanskinamptheradiocityrockettesbec/index.html   (243 words)

  
 Timothy McSweeney's Worldwide Fondness: ALL GOD'S CREATURES ARE BLESSED TO BE PART OF THE RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS ...
Live Animals Featured in The Radio City Christmas Spectacular Find Out Reporting for the First Day of Rehearsal Is Truly A Blessing Wednesday, November 17, 1999 at 11 a.m.
WHAT: As the four-legged stars (five camels, three sheep, a donkey and a puppy) of The Radio City Christmas Spectacular report for the first day of rehearsal, they will receive a special blessing from the reverend of St. John's Episcopal Church.
The beautiful and vivacious world-famous Radio City Rockettes will be on hand to welcome their co-stars back to the Fox Theatre where they will perform in America's #1 Christmas show November 26-December 30, 1999.
www.mcsweeneys.net /links/press99/episcopups.html   (377 words)

  
 On the road with the Rockettes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
We're backstage at the Aronoff Center for a rehearsal of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular.
Eighteen Rockettes are scurrying around as they suit up for “Carol of the Bells,” a big production number with sleds, fans and 3-foot-tall plumed hats.
There's the main show in New York, and now some scattered established locations in several cities, but this is the first time they've taken one on the road.
www.enquirer.com /editions/2000/12/27/tem_on_road_with.html   (842 words)

  
 Radio City Music Hall, Radio City Rockettes, New York City, New York City Gifts, NY Sweatshirts, I Love New York ...
Radio City Music Hall features the talented Radio City Rockettes — the quintessential American Chorus Line and the most celebrated Precision Dance Team in the world.
The Rockettes are best known for their performances during the annual Macy's Day Parade, the NBC Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting Ceremony, and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular Show.
Radio City Music Hall's Great Stage, Grand Foyer, and Grand Lounge are all ideal for Corporate Events.
www.lovetoeatandtravel.com /Site/US/NY/Fun/radio_city.htm   (313 words)

  
 University of Alabama News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Promising young dancers connect this week with the professional dance world through intensive study with Radio City Rockettes to learn their dance style – a true American art form.
All classes are taught by New York-based Radio City Entertainment Rockettes and UA faculty.
The Rockette’s world famous precision dance technique transcends a multitude of dance disciplines and includes: jazz, tap, musical theater, post modern, lyrical, Latin, and of course, the legendary kick line.
www.ua.edu /advancement/ur/releases/anews2004/jun04/rockettes060704.htm   (203 words)

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