12 Days of Christmas featuring the Rockettes Radio City Christmas Spectacular

[@nightangel972000]

I love the sound of tap shoes.

[@hotwax9376]

Theirs sound a bit muted to me though.

[@catfeldman3614]

HotWax93 it’s because they are using heeled taps which have a smaller tap plate so there isn’t as much sound

[@ritchi7214]

Same

[@BiFuriouss]

This was probably the prettiest choreography I’ve ever seen

[@JayCaesar]

Very hard working dancers. Unbelievably precise. They keep such a grueling schedule....and still unfailingly smile on stage.

[@Lady_dromeda]

Its October and im already watching Christmas related things...

[@iamimana]

Andy Dawn Ikr. But Wednesday is November so I wouldn't blame you.

[@abbyhayman7874]

Me too

[@EWong-eg6sf]

Each step they make low-key sounds like bubble wrap...

[@devotedcetacean6568]

Imagine if the mics on their shoes were fake and they just had someone pop bubble rap into a mic of stage

[@rock13755]

they have microphones in each shoe

[@nessarodewald]

there is a microphone in each girls shoe and it sounds like bubble wrap because of how many girls there are so many girls doing the same step in synch

[@hotwax9376]

Every step period sounds like that. I'm partial to a much louder, clearer sound from tap shoes.

[@daviddavis4932]

@rockbottom If the shoe fits.

[@emiliaanna3652]

I saw the Christmas spectacular last year and it was aaaamaaazinnnggg!!! The girls are so talented. I absolutely loved it.

[@lighty5738]

I saw it last week and can fully confirm!

[@Cephalopoda]

Dance isn't normally something I go for but went to the Christmas spectacular this week as a legendary bit of NYC festive tradition and was amazed. But of all the sequences, it was the 12 days of Christmas that impressed me most. Everyone is doing something different and it must have been a nightmare to choreograph.

[@tanisgentle3576]

Oh God these gals deserve a standing ovation, really. Come on. 👏 👏👏👏

[@carolynknudstrup6837]

I love that 7 swans a swimming is actual Swan Lake choreo

[@emmastraub6842]

Every time I hear this song I always think of them❤💛

[@lighty5738]

After I saw them live I have to think of them every time I hear the song.

[@krunchyfrogg]

I absolutely love taking the wife and kids to see the Rockettes. They’re so talented and fun! 🥰

[@Nancybrannen-wx8xb]

That was beautiful. I do. Not have the words to describe how watching them makes me feel. It was perfect in every way. My experience could only be improved by seeing it live in NYC.

[@bozekblack]

It always amazes me how large productions with tap dancing like this come together. Talk about the importance of coordination!

[@fourthgirl]

Ever wonder about the true love's obsession with birds? A partridge, turtle doves, french hens, colly birds, geese, swans!

[@kaylamesser5733]

Fourthgirl lol I have wondered that. Man loves him some birds lol

[@sarabowseebowgo7367]

So this actually dates back to the days of courting. When giving gifts to someone you fancied was common. Birds were (although unusual today) were fairly common because they were intended to save the family some money/effort and were intended to be used for dinner. You could so keep them as pets or on your farm. A spread of gifts like this would last the family all year (litterally there is 364 gifts in total) and be a great asset. Thus impressing the young ladys fathers. And proving the boy could provide for his lady to be. I hope this helped explain the poor boys obsessed. He just wanted to make a good impression and birds were the way to go.

[@ariel3923]

Everything is so perfectly done it’s almost too hard to believe that this is real

[@cat56789]

I love the choreography and those costumes are so cute ❤💚

[@isabelkim5765]

I watched the Rockettes musical in Lincoln Center from New York City with my old friend.

[@TheVictoriaalison]

Watching the Rockettes always makes me so happy!

[@iamimana]

Holy shit those clicks sound so satisfying!

[@hotwax9376]

5:17 There are way more than nine ladies dancing there...

[@madisonpickering7268]

There’s 18, 9 couples

[@chloesima2298]

These ladies are very dedicated and love performing Bravo ladies I have always wanted to be a Radio City Rockette

[@tbhryleigh]

this why i watch it every year

[@AMCoffee]

I'd never even HEARD of the Rockettes until the NYT complained about them recently! I love it when newspapers complain about amazing people - they draw so much attention to them! These women are AMAZING! I mean, wow!!! :D

[@_elianacuevas]

Every move is so sharp and beautiful

[@hotwax9376]

Fun fact: if all the gifts repeat on each subsequent day (i.e. a partridge in a pear tree on all 12 days, two turtle doves on 11 days, etc.), and the ladies dancing first show up on the ninth day (as they do in this version), then you end up with 36 ladies dancing at the end... which just so happens to be the exact number of Rockettes dancing on stage in this number (and all the others). Coincidence? I think not!

[@GirloftheValley-]

so soft and light!

[@Gemmarose9012]

They are incredible!

[@crumpet970]

On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me,

[@jss5225]

All of the Rockettes have a small microphone right near the heel of their shoe and the arch of their foot. That way there sounds can be applets amplified I teach tap and I love the sound of a group of women tap dancing. I had about 10 girls in my class, work on a routine we were all able to get called jingle taps or cheater taps. The sound was amazing. It was loud and very clear and we had a lot of fun with those taps.

[@deborahdancy5436]

Precision !!!

[@tymariemurphy6637]

Bravo bravo good job 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@marandaloop1973]

So beautiful!!!!!

[@FamilyGirl566]

Merry Christmas 2021!

[@00BillyTorontoBill]

Best Nutcracker Ballet , I have ever seen

[@mca1218]

Magnificent.

[@1nlillatiger]

Good job girls your the best god bless you

[@lolabangtansonyeondan535]

So perfect... how...

[@melodramatic7904]

"featuring" the rockettes. hahaha

[@crumpet970]

On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me…

[@allennagata5642]

Are the girls wearing support hose.

[@MrPAPAGAYO46]

Las Rockettes del Radio City Music Hall de Nueva York ejecutan la rutina completa de "Los 12 Días de Navidad" por espacio de 7 minutos y 4 segundos. Aquí se aprecia la multitud de rutinas y movimientos efectuados a lo largo de ese tiempo, que resume el trabajo de siete días a la semana, 6 horas al día, durante 4 meses, desde mediados de agosto, cuando alternando con sus presentaciones cortas, internas y externas, programas de televisión en vivo y entrevistas, deben memorizar todo este cúmulo de movimientos sincronizados, por grupos y en conjunto en el auditorio de práctica, para deslumbrar a los miles de espectadores que años tras año las admiran sobre el escenario del teatro. Al terminar la temporada de Navidad a mediados de enero, el grupo sigue trabajando a menor escala, nunca se dispersa pero tiene un mayor margen de maniobra para descansar, visitar y compartir con sus familias; y paralelamente cada año las Rockettes antiguas, intermedias y recién incorporadas audicionan frente a sus instructoras y coreógrafas, para verificar sus condiciones físicas y mantener la excelencia del grupo porque la renovación es permamente, de hecho en otro video ya comenté alguna vez que, aunque las presentaciones más numerosas ocupan hasta 36 integrantes, el cuerpo logístico de entrenadores siempre practica con un tope de hasta 80 mujeres, trabajando en dos grupos de 36, y una reserva de 8 para completar la cifra, lo que da una idea del amplio margen de disponibilidad de las Rockettes para todas las funciones, en caso de que alguna se enferme o no pueda concurrir por cualquier razón. Y por el amplio espectro de tiempo que comparten ensayando, aprendiendo y corrigiendo rutinas, todas se conocen y trabajan mano a mano en pro del espectáculo.

[@carrieheidbrier1925]

It sounds like the music when the “Ten lords-a-leaping” section is introduced might be quoting from another classical piece - can anyone tell me what? Maybe another ballet or an opera?

[@shotglass2014]

I love the Rockettes, but why is this in my recommended? It's April!

[@maddie_lines]

*CRISP SHOES*

[@austinw.821]

Can you please put up a transcript for this dance video please thank you

[@KatiaGuadalupeGamezMoreno]

Where can I find the name of the music??

[@foxmccloud7055]

Very impressive.

[@richardb.roberts1560]

Thank God for females..Amen

[@devotedcetacean6568]

What do you do with these videos? 🤣

[@jpetteys3801]

Why is this in my recommended. In April. So many questions I spend too much time on KZbin

[@autumnw1845]

I wanna be one so bad!!!

[@aleroxit]

HE🏒🏒 yes!!

[@ilhanhaidee2131]

very cute dance and girls 😘

[@rayubanos9550]

I went there live!!!😜

[@lenaroselapinski1220]

WOW😳

[@melodycjefferson1323]

Bravo!

[@lalalalalalal9800]

I thought they were awesome! And it was live orchestra!

[@nativeofvenus]

Lovely performance but I find it a bit sad there aren't more women of color in the Rockettes.

[@krunchyfrogg]

It’s extremely competitive to become a Rockette, and you have try out every year. The best dancers are picked every year, I don’t think it has anything to do with skin color.

[@muu3172]

That’s because not many woman of color choose to audition

[@calburns302]

It's getting easier for POC to access the necessary training and auditions isn't it? I'm hoping there'll be more with every passing year.

[@pinkplumbobs6183]

CoCoTower whew the ignorance jumped out! You have a miserable small pre historic mindset! There are lots of great black dancers COCO!

[@pinkplumbobs6183]

CoCoTower and second of y’all! Shut up no one asked you to comment on how some feels about being represented in an NATIONAL DANCE ORGANIZATION. Maybe you don’t mind barely having any people of color on the stage but MOST others do! You AREN’T the person who decides how a person should feel about the lack of diversity! Especially in 2018

[@crumpet970]

Nine ladies dancing

[@williamsantangelo]

A true Spectacular I Say

[@kaceyhamsher9750]

so fucking synchronized

[@erpollock]

Comparing Rockettes dancers to ballet dancers at Lincoln Center, Rockettes can be taller and more filled out. Ballet dancers must be very thin and also comparatively short - no more than 5'6 and I think that's the minimum for Rockettes. One reason is the Rockettes are never lifted as ballet dancers are. The men have to be able to lift the ballet girls. And it's a different genre, jazz/tap as opposed to ballet, and ballet requires a different physique to picture swans, wraiths, etc. Rockettes are real women and look it.

[@geraldinestein9364]

I love the radio city Christmas very

[@geraldinestein9364]

I love the Radio City Christmas spectacular... I will be going this year with my family

[@dietermontanez6576]

but they ROCK

[@1pink2pink3pink]

both types of dancers are great! Just different strokes for different folks' type of thing, either way both are lovely

[@guymcentarffer7974]

Eileen Pollock I mean, they aren't the most realistic looking women.

[@consejomirasol289]

Good performance...

[@foreverjesus1233]

I saw this

[@sunflowermonroe666]

fucking WOW!

[@cameronfoster5838]

Those asking about 9+. 9. There are 9 couples dancing 10. Three rows of ten 11. No pattern, only seen when they play the flute. 12. No pattern, only seen when playing drums.

[@erpollock]

Are the dancers really singing?

[@emilyalex2577]

Eileen Pollock yes they do sing

[@erpollock]

But they aren't auditioned for singing?

[@abbylunn6919]

Eileen Pollock No, they actually lip sync

[@lockbert99]

Highly doubt it. Even pop star SINGERS don't actually sing live these days when they come on stage and dance. The vocals also sound like professional singers, and these women are professional dancers. And they would have to have hidden microphones.

[@therambo600]

Eileen Pollock Aja nissim

[@Dl1973Alex]

БЛИН!!!! "Танец маленьких лебедей" По-американски...

[@veronicarodriguez8171]

Wow

[@gboroconaways]

I do tap and I can’t do any of that

[@ryano.5149]

Eh, none of this number looks that technically difficult if you watch their feet closely. A lot of it is just hop shuffle hop step. However, making it look that good? That might be a different story! (He says, glancing over at his poor, neglected tap shoes that haven't seen a dance floor in at least a year.)

[@Gemmarose9012]

If you practiced 6 hours per day, 6 days per week you absolutely could!

[@kkkaaa7375]

佐々木くんが好きなやつだ

[@crumpet970]

Nine ladies dance

[@checkerzzzgaminghi6523]

Love The Celebration Of Jesus Christ Birthday In Heaven

[@ristoteleez7174]

its august

[@stevenmeos1972]

Let me know when time meeting your

[@nathanglover2253]

1:54

[@АллаГоловаченко]

Это что русский танец?

[@corystallworth4412]

I'm confused . I don't see any twerking.

[@emilyjackson5372]

me

[@foreverjesus1233]

vels

[@duncanlanceoliver194]

is it just me or are the rockette girl image becoming rather manly looking the word im looking for starts with B just cant spell it right but the fact that they start to look so muscled is off putting to me and given that rockettes are meant to come of a sweet and darling like the B word effect is destorying and chance of that happening

[@artemisialefay2232]

Duncan lance oliver dude if you were dancing that much, you'd be that muscled, too

[@beachboy2893]

Duncan lance oliver you don't even know what dedication is compared to these women 🙄

[@lockbert99]

I think it is mostly that they have their body fat percentage low. But I think they also hit the gym.

[@slothmoth]

Butch

[@iamimana]

Duncan lance oliver BUFF

[@williamchadwick7948]

What would really be spectacular is if the curtain lifted and all the Rockettes were naked.

[@Lov3lyDay]

Is it just me or are these dresses unflattering to *every single dancer?*

[@bonnieb8084]

Lov3ly Day yeah, it’s just you

[@Lov3lyDay]

BonnieB Good to know.

[@CaliforniaZombie]

Santa Sexually Assaulted me when I was 16 Appearances can be deceiving. You don’t know me, but I've been having issues with what's happened in the past with a man named John Paul Almon(Santa in the Rockettes Xmas Review). Even though this is something that happened years ago. It had a profound effect on my life. Just thought I’d tell you about my #metoo experience that happened when I was going to Thomas Jefferson High School In the spring of 1980 after a McGregors Beggars Singing show. I was sexually assaulted by John Paul Almon. I gave him a ride home after the show since he lived close to me. He asked me if I wanted to come in and watch tv and have a soda. I was just 16 and didn’t want to go home right away. It was weird experience. I didn’t know if there was anyone else home so we went into his family room and started watching TV. I thought I’d take off after 15 min or so since I lived a few blocks away. I was just sitting in a chair and he was laying in the pull out couch or something while we watched TV. I was so tired I closed my eyes for what seemed like a couple min and awoke to him naked and maturbating in front of me with him putting his hand on my genitals over my Levi’s. I was frozen for what seemed like eternity then stood up and ran to the door. It was dark in the foyer and he said I’ll get the door and he went for my crotch again. I didn’t go to school for a week after. I was young and didn’t know what to do. Tell my Mother? Tell Mr. MacGregor? What good would that have done. I felt shame and disgust towards him. Why would this person that I thought was my friend do this to me? I was very naive and stayed away from alcohol and drugs. It really screwed my early years up with depression, relationships, friendships and my attitude towards everything. I was very depressed and buried it for years till recently. Some look at him as being this incredible talent, but he ruined my early years at TJ. I never did go to any of the MacGregor Beggar reunions because I never wanted to see him. In my eyes he became a weirdo perve that stilted my early life as a young, naive kid. I hear he plays Santa every year for the Rockettes Christmas Review. In my eyes he is definitely someone that should stay away from kids. The Rockettes should dismiss the pervert Santa. Truth. Kelly Ray Rasmussen #metoo

[@kat35lulu88]

Kelly all I can say is you should not have given him a ride home..... gone in his house. Basically this was a stranger. You should have kicked that bastard in the nuts and run to your car. JHC a naked man jacking off in front you you? Damn girl..... naive or not..... you should never have gone in his house. You should have told your parents or anyone about this. Don't play the victim.