500 Turn Out for Radio City Rockettes Audition, 4/29

On Thursday nearly 500 people lined up to audition for The Rockettes Christmas show. The doors opened at 10am, the first hopeful arrived at 5:30am. Call backs for Rockettes will be held today, Friday April 30.

The strict requirements for Rockettes requires all women be between 5'6 and 5'10 1/2" tall. Rockettes must be skilled in jazz and tap dance, and be over the age of 18.

Radio City will also hold audtions for Male and Female dancers and vocalists, little girls, little boys and little people performers, May 10 through 13 in New York.

Auditions are held in New York and Los Angeles. The open call for Rockettes in Los Angeles will be held on Monday May 3rd. For more information visit http://www.radiocity.com/global/auditions.html

During the Christmas season, The Rockettes have performed five shows a day, seven days a week, for 77 years. Perhaps their best-known routine is an eye-high leg kick in perfect unison in a chorus line, which they include at the end of every performance. The Radio City Christmas Spectacular is performed annually at Radio City Music Hall and in numerous other American and Canadian cities by a touring company of Rockettes. It is one of the most-watched live shows in the United States, with over 2 million viewers per year. The Rockettes perform annually at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (since 1957) and the America's Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit.