No, Rockette is not synonymous with chorus dancer, and no one refers to dancers as line dancers. A Rockette is a kind of chorus dancer. Not every chorus dancer is a Rockette.
Broadway dancers have been called gypsies and ponies for a long time. Of course these are slang terms, or nicknames, if you will.
Quite a few gypsies have gone on to starring roles - like Shirley MacLaine.
The Chorus are basically the citizens.
The cast of Oedipus the King - 1968 includes: Minos Argyrakis as Chorus Cyril Cusack as Messenger Jenny Damianopoulou as Handmaiden Manos Destounis as Chorus George Dialegmenos as Chorus Valentine Dyall as Chorus leader Takis Emmanuel as Chorus Richard Johnson as Creon Roger Livesey as Shepherd Oenone Luke as Antigone Cressida Luke as Xemene Alexandros Maniatakis as Chorus Alexis Mann as Palace Official Giorgos Oikonomou as Chorus Lilli Palmer as Jocasta Panagiotis Panagiotopoulos as Chorus Nikos Pashalidis as Chorus Christopher Plummer as Oedipus Paul Roche as Chorus Ahilleas Skordilis as Chorus Dimos Starenios as Priest Grigoris Stefanides as Chorus Donald Sutherland as Chorus Leader Costas Themos as Chorus Friedrich von Ledebur as King Laius Orson Welles as Tiresias Mary Xenoudaki as Handmaiden Giorgos Zaifidis as Chorus
The person who leads or conducts the chorus is called the conductor.
the chorus line has two acts
The choreographer teaches the dancer the dance. The dancer (well this is obvious) the dancer dances the dance.
Chorus, or vocal ensemble.
chorus choral society
The cast of Melodies of Byelorussia - 1948 includes: The Amateur Dance Group of Baranovich Province as Themselves Shekhova as Herself (dancer) Vasilievna as Herself (dancer) Rosenblatt as Himself (dancer) Drechin as Himself (dancer) Podlesky Chorus as Themselves Amateur Dance Group of Minsk Art Club as Themselves Bolshoye Podlese Chorus as Themselves
The cast of Treasures of the Snow - 1980 includes: Timothy Bateson as Hotel Porter Julian Battersby as Doctor Christoph Berdoz as Bernard Carey Born as Annette William Boyde as Monsieur Burnier Bethan Cathawood as Marie Dennis Edwards as Teacher Timothy Fleetwood as Dani Vera Fusek as Madame Morell Bay White as Grandma Burnier
He's singing the chorus to a song called Nasty Dancer by Kilo (original Tina Turner "Private Dancer")
Eleanor Bayley has: Played Chorus Girl in "Footlight Parade" in 1933. Played Chorus Girl in "Dames" in 1934. Played Chorus Girl in "Fashions of 1934" in 1934. Played Chorus Girl in "Gold Diggers of 1935" in 1935. Played Chorus Girl in "Gold Diggers of 1937" in 1936. Played Chorus Girl in "Colleen" in 1936. Played Elsie - Girl at Beach in "Over the Wall" in 1938. Played Minor Role in "Girl from Avenue A" in 1940. Performed in "Springtime in the Rockies" in 1942. Played Dancer in "Joan of Ozark" in 1942. Played Chorus Girl in "Footlight Serenade" in 1942. Played Dancer in "I Dood It" in 1943. Played Dancer in "Du Barry Was a Lady" in 1943. Played Harvey Girl in "The Harvey Girls" in 1946.
She was originally a chorus dancer in traveling shows before she became famous for her blues singing.
The musical "A Chorus Line" was created by Micheal Bennet because he wanted to do a show on Broadway about dancers. Michael's purpose for this was to show what the true life of a dancer trying to get a job was like.
The cast of Cutey and the Chorus Girls - 1913 includes: Leah Baird as Kitty - Another Dancer Lillian Burns Flora Finch as Flora Scrawny Harry Lambart as Johnny Hughie Mack as Billy Wally Van as Cutey Lillian Walker as Dolly - the Dancer
Patsy Lee has: Played Dancer in "Arizona to Broadway" in 1933. Played Chorus Girl in "Dancing Lady" in 1933. Played Dancer in "Music Is Magic" in 1935. Played Blonde in "The Daring Young Man" in 1935. Played Dancer in "The Lottery Lover" in 1935. Performed in "One in a Million" in 1936. Played Dancer in "King of Burlesque" in 1936. Played Chorine in "In Old Chicago" in 1937. Played Chorus Girl in "Broadway Melody of 1938" in 1937.
Dale Mercer has: Played Chorus in "De-Lovely" in 2004. Played Court Dancer in "The Virgin Queen" in 2005. Played Lindyhop Dancer in "Piccadilly Jim" in 2005. Played Slow Dancer in "Dark Shadows" in 2012. Played Ballroom Dancer in "Great Expectations" in 2012.
Cameron English has: Played Himself - Fame Dancer in "Fame" in 1982. Played Fame Dancer in "Fame" in 1982. Played Paul San Marco in "A Chorus Line" in 1985. Played Dancer in "Captain EO" in 1986. Played Dancer (The Rumour) in "Olivia Down Under" in 1991. Played Dancer in "Death Becomes Her" in 1992.