What a kick! Rockettes welcome fresh talent ahead of ‘Spectacular’ season: ‘My little American dream come true’
NY Post
Meet the new dancing queens.
This Friday, the Radio City Christmas Spectacular returns for another magical holiday season — with a slew of fresh faces joining the show’s famed Rockettes this year.
Following open-call auditions in the spring, which saw more than 800 women kick their way into Midtown to show their best tap, jazz and ballet moves, 17 exceptional ladies will join the illustrious dance battalion of 84 total.
“Having my two dance teachers grow up to be Rockettes, to see them living out their dreams onstage, it made me want to become one even more,” eager Kayla Hsu, 21, of Scotch Plains, NJ told The Post — just days before her first performance.
And while it may seem as if the weight of the world has now landed on their shoulders, the group of 17 — all freshly graduated from the Rockettes Conservatory development program — is anything but on their own, according to fellow newcomer Tamia Strickland, 23, of Silver Spring, Md.
She said that the troupe is going above and beyond to welcome the new women to the line.
