Even for the ones who don't make it - what a fun, once-in-a-lifetime experience! To say I auditioned for the world-famous Rockettes - cherish the memory, enjoy the moments :)
@shmmmm-d2u Жыл бұрын
Exactly I would love to experience it
@nikolasscheeksАй бұрын
It was good to hear about how the Rockettes make their conservatories financially accessible. It allows for the development of the best talent, not just dancers who can afford to take time off/all the equipment.
@carriemummy Жыл бұрын
Out of 84 dancers , there are only 18 new ones! It's really hard to get in! But it shows how much fun it is, that so many stay for years
@MrPawPaw Жыл бұрын
This was quite fascinating watching these women who put 100% into their passion. They all seem on top. Gz ladies and may the Lord watch over you.
@sandramcgill_glorytoGod2 жыл бұрын
Congratulations girls! Such a beautiful tradition!
@1Lightdancer Жыл бұрын
Bravo! What a delight the opportunity to attend the conservatory is for young dancers. I'm reading Fiona Davis' new novel about a young woman in the Rocketts in the mid 50s - 'The Spectacular' - and had to take a break to watch some dancing!
@cognitogrrl Жыл бұрын
1Lightdancer, I'll add "The Spectacular" to my reading list. Thank you!
@avasgranb1 Жыл бұрын
Somehow this made me feel better about my own dancing! I knew every drill the instructors were teaching! As a former amateur dancer,I was so luck to grab goo teachers! My 67 year old self wants to dance with these babies! 😂
@ProfessorSnape222 жыл бұрын
I was the camera man. Good job girls
@nancyharper13604 күн бұрын
Without YOU, we'd be in the dark about this whole selection process, so THANK YOU for your expert camera skills! Well done!!! 👏👏👏
@4musikable Жыл бұрын
Wonderful documentary. Thank you.
@LuvTadnDixie2 жыл бұрын
They are all the exact height . . . how do they do that? Do they have custom made shoes/heels to adjust their height so they are all exactly the same? Or is there only one height, and one height only you can be in order to be a Rockette?
@torysurette1010 Жыл бұрын
they actually aren't the same height! The height range is from 5'5- 5'10, the line up the girls by tallest in the middle of the line and as the line goes out the height of each dancer decreases. This creates an optical illusion that everyone is the same height!
@cognitogrrl Жыл бұрын
@@torysurette1010 No, it's 5 ft. 6 to 5 ft. 10 1/2. That's what they said on a previous Rockettes clip.
@torysurette1010 Жыл бұрын
@@cognitogrrl they changed it so the minimum height is 5'5 it's on the rockette website
@zonadaniell4584Ай бұрын
The girls must make the effort to audition and be on their A game. These are very strategic dance moves and one isn't going to get a spot based on race, color, religion. In order to have a more diverse line so far as color or race, there must be more girls of color audition and pass. There are standards that every girl must meet, no matter color. Etc, to be selected. All potential auditionees are judged equally.. color doesn't matter..look at the whites who don't make it..I don't get why that is always a focus...it has nothing to do with that...
@ridingtheroad185Ай бұрын
I'm looking for the Asian also....but as you said, you have to be able to actually do the dances/meet the standards.
@tywillis741 Жыл бұрын
How does dance companies like Alvin Ailey and Dance Theatre of Harlem balance the need for representation with losing some of their best dancers of color?
@1Lightdancer Жыл бұрын
For this program, they invite guest teachers from the different companies
@cherry_top2 ай бұрын
I think that having Black dancers in these elite dance companies that are highly visible and well known in our culture makes more black kids/kids of color realize that they can be a dancer and that it is obtainable. Which hopefully encourages more talented kids to come and try. As a kid seeing Misty Copeland was what opened my eyes that ballet was something *I* could do.
@kirstenshindler7767 Жыл бұрын
Good luck Sasha!
@claire2088 Жыл бұрын
pretty sure the moulin rouge would have the more famous kick line
@beckylewis3482 Жыл бұрын
The taller women are in the middle. They have to be about 5' 6 1/2 to 11'. It just looks like they they are the same height.
@lottie89709 ай бұрын
5:56 did anyone else notice what I noticed..
@SurfNoir083 ай бұрын
Not the necklace 🫣🫣
@elizabethrizzo98714 күн бұрын
Racially discrimination against superior white dancers to favor inferior people of "color" is an ACHIEVEMENT??
@vejensen10323 күн бұрын
I thought this was an inside look at the audition process but it turned out to be more identity politics. Stop making everything about race. People are more than just their race but the media continues to try to divide us along these lines. Enough already 😡
@grandmaoldschool7011 Жыл бұрын
It matters that she have long legs....
@karenpool15242 ай бұрын
understand about race but I tuned in to watch the Rockettes audition not get a lesson on race.
@TheAmyHenryMethod14 күн бұрын
Geez. The focus on someone’s color is really off putting. Just be the best dancer for the spot how about?!?
@klingertam1 Жыл бұрын
Still such along way to go towards diversity as it should be.
@RollTideMama23 минут бұрын
Making dance about race is the exact opposite of what dance is about. Shame on you. Gross.
@trekster77778 ай бұрын
So very sad that color of skin is made an issue. Just because you do not see "someone who looks like you" does not mean "racism". ANYONE can do what they love, not everyone is as talented, able or experienced enough to make a LIMITED in number group. Going into things like this with this attitude of "no one looks like me is the very essence of racism. You cannot have an attitude of racism and condemn it in others. Nor can you be a part of a group, a team going forward for the love of dance as you say because you want color to be the important part. How many of those shades of skin color and how many of each should their be???? What if there were some of those shades of color that did not audition???? Should the group then be condemned for it???? NO. This thinking that it "looks" - WHITE and I am not wanted is not "racism", it is your OWN feelings. Feelings are NOT TRUTH. If someone does not try or pursue a thing then you cannot accuse whatever group/profession/sport.......whatever of being "racist" as there were/are none of whatever skin color pursuing it. This thinking is what keeps true racism alive. Let the haters come.