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Alicia Mae Holloway has auditioned for the Radio City Rockettes two times, once in 2021 and again in 2022. She didn't make the group either time

She was cut from the first round of the 2021 tryouts, which marked her first time facing rejection as a professional dancer

Despite the heartbreak of being turned away, she decided to return the following year, and now she's also considering a third try in the near future

Alicia Mae Holloway looks back and describes her younger self as "bright-eyed and bushy-tailed" walking into her first audition for the Radio City Rockettes in 2021. She had just left her ballet company, the Dance Theater of Harlem, and was keen to take the next leap into her career.

Her road to the Rockettes audition room veered differently from most other h

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