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ROCKEtte Science Who knew? The best fitness program in the world involves tap dancing, marching, and doing high kicks for six shows a day, six days a week, while wearing heavy costumes -- and even heavier makeup. By Rebecca Mead
Among the beauty secrets of the Rockettes, Radio City Music Hall's celebrated precision-dance group, perhaps this is the crucial one: Be tall, but not too tall. To qualify as a Rockette, a dancer must be between five foot six and five foot ten and a half -- well above the average for an American woman of five foot four, but significantly smaller than, for example, the six- foot average of the players on the New York ...