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For me this is not a political issue, for me this is a moral issue where im concerned about our freedoms being in danger. >> this coming just days after it was announced the legendary new york city rockettes will be performing at the inauguration. one rockette spoke out about the decision. the majority of us said no immediately, then theres the percentage that said yes, for whatever reason. the dancers union will be voluntary, madison square garden which employees the danzers adding, we had more...

They say the performance is voluntary and the participation continues long tradition of performing for u.s. presidents of both parties at inaugurations and other settings. late friday she responded to criticism. >> i value the intercountry we have. the freedom of speech. this is not a political issue. its a moral issue. im concerned about our freedoms being in danger. >> reporter: this coming just days after it was announced the new york city rockettes would be performing at the inauguration. on...

Then there is tpercentage that said yes for whatever reason. and madison square garden which employs the dancers adding we have more rockettes request to participate than we have slots available. >> it is not able the -- it is about the american people. and weve got such outpouring of support from people all over the country its been truly humbling. >> there is no limit to the number of inaugural balls that can be held but there is a limit to official balls in. 2013 only two official balls. now ...

Feeling pressure to perform at the ceremony for a cad she does not support. saying we do a lot of events but there have been no events that would cause trauma. and doing this would cause trauma for some people. >> the rockette said that emotionally people were drying on stage. >> come of the dancers full time were initially told they had no choice but to perform in next months event. word of the scheduled performance created a fire storm within the organization and on smald. marie claire reports...

That could cause trauma, and doing this would cause trauma for some people. that said to a journalist in a marie claire exclusive report. >> reporter: she said emotionally people were crying on stage. >> reporter: according to if journalist, some of the answer thors were told they had no choice but to perform in the event. word of the scheduled performance created a fire storm within the rockettes organization and on social media. marie claire reports the backlash is what changed the minds of th...

Told they had no choice but to perform in next months event. word of the scheduled performance created a firestorm within the rockettes organization and on social media. marie claire reports backlash is what changed the minds of the rockettes management. the dancers union said it never required participation and that it would be voluntary. madison square garden, who employed the dancer, added, quote, we had more rockettes request to participate than we had slots available. >> a lot of artists ha...

Go, because they said this, for the coming inauguration, weve had more rockettes request to participate than we have slots available. look, everyone knows a listers are a staple. none of this has been typical and of course everyone knows that he likes these events to be big deals. he likes them to be show busy leading up to the republican convention, he said he wanted that to be more show biz like. back in november, his committee said that they were going to have elton john, then the spokesman s...

Rockettes request to participate than we have slots available. look, a-list celebrities, victor, we all know, theyre a staple of these inaugurations. no run-up to donald trumps presidency has been normal, we know he is the king of show biz. he wanted the republican national convention to be more show biz like. he wants to make these events big events. this is hollywood. its a tough crowd. its a generally more liberal crowd. his inauguration committee chair had said back in november that elton jo...