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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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?
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.)
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
I love the sound of tap shoes.
Theirs sound a bit muted to me though.
HotWax93 it’s because they are using heeled taps which have a smaller tap plate so there isn’t as much sound
This was probably the prettiest choreography I’ve ever seen
I saw the Christmas spectacular last year and it was aaaamaaazinnnggg!!! The girls are so talented. I absolutely loved it.
Its October and im already watching Christmas related things...
Andy Dawn Ikr. But Wednesday is November so I wouldn't blame you.
Me too
Each step they make low-key sounds like bubble wrap...
Imagine if the mics on their shoes were fake and they just had someone pop bubble rap into a mic of stage
they have microphones in each shoe
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
Every step period sounds like that. I'm partial to a much louder, clearer sound from tap shoes.
@rockbottom If the shoe fits.
Very hard working dancers. Unbelievably precise. They keep such a grueling schedule....and still unfailingly smile on stage.
Oh God these gals deserve a standing ovation, really. Come on. 👏 👏👏👏
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.
Every time I hear this song I always think of them❤💛
I love that 7 swans a swimming is actual Swan Lake choreo
It always amazes me how large productions with tap dancing like this come together. Talk about the importance of coordination!
I absolutely love taking the wife and kids to see the Rockettes.
They’re so talented and fun! 🥰
Ever wonder about the true love's obsession with birds? A partridge, turtle doves, french hens, colly birds, geese, swans!
Fourthgirl lol I have wondered that. Man loves him some birds lol
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.
I love the choreography and those costumes are so cute ❤💚
5:17 There are way more than nine ladies dancing there...
There’s 18, 9 couples
Everything is so perfectly done it’s almost too hard to believe that this is real
I watched the Rockettes musical in Lincoln Center from New York City with my old friend.
Holy shit those clicks sound so satisfying!
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
These ladies are very dedicated and love performing Bravo ladies I have always wanted to be a Radio City Rockette
Watching the Rockettes always makes me so happy!
this why i watch it every year
Every move is so sharp and beautiful
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.
On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me,
They are incredible!
Bravo bravo good job 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
so soft and light!
Precision !!!
On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me…
Merry Christmas 2021!
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.
"featuring" the rockettes. hahaha
*CRISP SHOES*
So beautiful!!!!!
Best Nutcracker Ballet , I have ever seen
So perfect... how...
Good job girls your the best god bless you
Magnificent.
Very impressive.
Thank God for females..Amen
What do you do with these videos? 🤣
I love the Rockettes, but why is this in my recommended? It's April!
so fucking synchronized
I wanna be one so bad!!!
Nine ladies dancing
I went there live!!!😜
A true Spectacular I Say
БЛИН!!!! "Танец маленьких лебедей" По-американски...
I thought they were awesome! And it was live orchestra!
Are the girls wearing support hose.
Bravo!
Why is this in my recommended. In April. So many questions I spend too much time on RUclips
very cute dance and girls 😘
fucking WOW!
WOW😳
I saw this
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?
Good performance...
Can you please put up a transcript for this dance video please thank you
Nine ladies dance
佐々木くんが好きなやつだ
Wow
Where can I find the name of the music??
Love The Celebration Of Jesus Christ Birthday In Heaven
I do tap and I can’t do any of that
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.)
If you practiced 6 hours per day, 6 days per week you absolutely could!
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.
its august
1:54
Let me know when time meeting your
Lovely performance but I find it a bit sad there aren't more women of color in the Rockettes.
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.
That’s because not many woman of color choose to audition
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.
CoCoTower whew the ignorance jumped out! You have a miserable small pre historic mindset! There are lots of great black dancers COCO!
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
Are the dancers really singing?
Eileen Pollock yes they do sing
But they aren't auditioned for singing?
Eileen Pollock No, they actually lip sync
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.
Eileen Pollock Aja nissim
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.
I love the radio city Christmas very
I love the Radio City Christmas spectacular... I will be going this year with my family
but they ROCK
both types of dancers are great! Just different strokes for different folks' type of thing, either way both are lovely
Eileen Pollock I mean, they aren't the most realistic looking women.
me
vels
I'm confused . I don't see any twerking.
What would really be spectacular is if the curtain lifted and all the Rockettes were naked.
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
Duncan lance oliver dude if you were dancing that much, you'd be that muscled, too
Duncan lance oliver you don't even know what dedication is compared to these women 🙄
I think it is mostly that they have their body fat percentage low. But I think they also hit the gym.
Butch
Duncan lance oliver BUFF
Is it just me or are these dresses unflattering to *every single dancer?*
Lov3ly Day yeah, it’s just you
BonnieB
Good to know.
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
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.