Since the rockettes make up one of the worlds most well known precision dance lines all performers must be proficient in jazz and tap. If a dancer does not meet those height requirements it is out her control. Its an intense for 10 minutes but afterward you feel so good cichra says. Instead all rockettes must be between 56 and 510 ½ so they can. Rockettes have to be between 56 and 5105. A rockettes post show ritual includes stretching and a ten minute 40 degree ice bath.
The average height of an american woman in 2009 is 5 4. In reality there is a height range of a few inches. But the technical and artistic requirements are completely within the dancers power and malkin says those factors are the only ones worth worrying about. The requirements for being a rockette are to be 56 5105 tall and proficient in ballet jazz and tap. Rockettes must be between 5 feet 6 inches and 5 feet 10 12 inches tall. The famous high kick line requires dancers and legs that appear to an audience to have cookie cutter conformity.
Measurements are verified at the time of the audition. Measurements will be taken in stocking feet. For starters unlike ballerinas rockettes are expected to meet only one size requirement and it has nothing to do with weight. In 2009 rockettes must be between 5 6 and 5 10 12 tall. The rockettes are a vision in uniformity and precision. Once the shows over its.