Word: markert
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Rockettes came into being in 1925 when a hoofer named Russell Markert rounded up 16 girls to dance at the Skouras Brothers' Missouri Theatre in St. Louis. He called them the Missouri Rockets. When Broadway clamored for the troupe, Markert changed their name to the American Rockets and took them East. They danced in Publix theatres, in the Greenwich Village Follies. The late Producer Samuel ('Roxy") Rothafel signed them up for his Roxy Theatre as the Roxyettes. When Roxy went to the Rockefeller Center Music Hall in 1932, the Roxyettes went with him. When he left two years...
...Russell Markert still helps direct the Rockettes, helps work out their routines, which are divided between classical and tap dance numbers. Between their four shows daily he manages to sandwich rehearsals for new numbers. There are 46 in the troupe, but only 36 dance at one time. Rockettes earn $48.50 a week, dance three weeks out of four. The average Rockette stands 5 ft. 4 in. She may be anywhere from 18 to 23. Six of the girls are married, four engaged. There are more brunettes than blondes, three redheads. Few Rockettes are ravishing, because Markert cares more about legs...