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Some of the best dancers in New York are kicking up a storm in After Midnight, the musical about the Cotton Club of 1920s Harlem.   Karine Plantadit, of recent Come Fly Away fame; queen of tap Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards; undisputed star dancer and Dance Magazine Awardee Desmond Richardson; and the man whose tap dancing ignites […]

What does it take to perform four to five times a day, seven days a week? In Dance Magazine‘s December issue, eight-time Radio City Christmas Spectacular vet Tara Dunleavy spilled her top stamina secrets. The Rockettes also now have an entire section of their website devoted to tips for dancer fitness and health. Their nutritionists […]

Staying strong amid a Spectacular schedule.   A lifelong New Yorker, Tara Dunleavy has put in the sweat it takes for a career in theater dance. Since graduating as a dance major from Hofstra University in 2004, the Queens native spent two years on the national tour of Oklahoma! before joining the Radio City Rockettes. […]

At 5’2”, I will never be a Radio City Rockette. If only my legs would sprout an additional four inches—gams only, my torso is long enough—I could don a shimmering skirted leotard and bright red lipstick and perform in Linda Haberman’s dazzling “Let Christmas Shine” during the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Thanks, genetics.   But […]

National Dance Week, 50th anniversary of Judson Dance Theater, Abrons Arts Center     The Rockettes have been high-kicking in sync and dazzling audiences since 1927. In honor of their 85th anniversary, National Dance Week invites you to do the same with the “Kick It! Challenge”—essentially, a make-your-own-kickline contest. Here’s how it works: Recruit a […]

The Rockettes are turning 85 this year! And to help celebrate, they’ve teamed up with the National Dance Week Foundation to create a “Kick It Challenge” in November. It’s still a couple months away, but you should plan to take part NOW. Here’s what’s happening: there are going to be oodles of kicklines across the […]

Here’s a photo of a very young Ben Vereen in a modern dance pose! This is from Go Down, Moses by Helen Tamiris. You’re probably used to seeing him more in musical theatre numbers! You know he won a Tony for Pippin in 1973 but did you know he was also nominated for a Tony […]

10 random musings regarding the Capezio 125th Anniversary Gala. 10. Tommy Tune worked a bespoke red suit and custom tap shoes that were just unbelievably cool. When he came on the stage, everyone squealed with glee. It was a 3-piece suit and the custom Capezio shoes were covered in rhinestones and had a slight heel. […]