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Dance like a Rockette: College students take unique class

Boston Conservatory at Berklee student Rhapsody Stiggers, of St. Paul, Minn., speaks to a reporter before a Rockettes Precision Dance Technique course Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee in Boston. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) Boston Conservatory at Berklee student Rhapsody Stiggers, foreground, of St. Paul, Minn., takes part in a Rockettes Precision Dance Technique course Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee in Boston. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) Boston Conservatory at Berklee student Rhapsody Stiggers, foreground, of St. Paul, Minn., takes part in a Rockettes Precision Dance Technique course led by Amarisa LeBar, left, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee in Boston. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) Amarisa LeBar, right front, a Radio City Rockette, leads students in a Rockettes Precision Dance Technique course on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee in Boston. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) Amarisa LeBar, a Radio City Rockette and instructor for a Rockettes Precision Dance Technique course, poses in the course dance studio Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee in Boston. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) Amarisa LeBar, center, a Radio City Rockette, leads students in a Rockettes Precision Dance Technique course on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee in Boston. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) Amarisa LeBar, center, a Radio City Rockette, leads students in a Rockettes Precision Dance Technique course Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee in Boston. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) Amarisa LeBar, center, a Radio City Rockette, leads students in a Rockettes Precision Dance Technique course on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee in Boston. “Teaching on a Rockette level is completely different and is a lot more difficult to do because we really tune into the perfection of our movement,” LeBar said. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) Amarisa LeBar, center, a Radio City Rockette, leads students in a Rockettes Precision Dance Technique course Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee in Boston. The for-credit course is open to students studying dance at Boston Conservatory dance and Berklee College of Music. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) Amarisa LeBar, front, a Radio City Rockette, leads students in a Rockettes Precision Dance Technique course Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee in Boston. LeBar, 25, of Iselin, N.J., started teaching at her mother's dance studio at 16, but finds sharing the Rockettes' style with college students definitely more intense. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
Dance like a Rockette: College students take unique class