Exclusive | What a kick! Rockettes welcome fresh talent ahead of Spectacular season: My little American dream come true

Meet the new dancing queens.This Friday, the Radio City Christmas Spectacular returns for another magical holiday season — with a slew of fresh faces joining the show’s famed Rockettes this year.Following open-call auditions in the spring, which saw more than 800 women kick their way into Midtown to show their best tap, jazz and ballet moves, 17 exceptional ladies will join the illustrious dance battalion of 84 total.“Having my two dance teachers grow up to be Rockettes, to see them living out their dreams onstage, it made me want to become one even more,” eager Kayla Hsu, 21, of Scotch Plains, NJ told The Post — just days before her first performance.And while it may seem as if the weight of the world has now landed on their shoulders, the group of 17 — all freshly graduated from the Rockettes Conservatory development program — is anything but on their own, according to fellow newcomer Tamia Strickland, 23, of Silver Spring, Md.

She said that the troupe is going above and beyond to welcome the new women to the line.“We’re in this together and even all the vets are like old sisters to us, they’re our mentors and have been like helping us in supporting us along the way in the rehearsal process,” Strickland, inspired to pursue the gig after seeing the show for the first time as a 17-year-old, told The Post.The best advice Danielle Esposito, 22, of San Diego got from senior members was simply to remember to “breathe.”“I have some dancers on either side of me and I have one dancer who constantly puts her hand on my back and says ‘it’s OK,'” Esposito, formerly of the Houston Ballet, shared.She switched professional gears out of love for Christmas, she told The Post.

“Just having the little reminders from them that it is OK and to stay calm and focused is what’s going to get you through the show.”The senior support even comes in the form of commuter advice for 19-year-old Danicka Torres, who is taking the bus in from her home of ...