Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Will someone help me out in this EMERGENCY?

Please no one is answering me, I've had to post this 3 times now! Come on- I really need help.



Please only answer if you can give me real feedback, and not smarmy remarks.



I have an audition with Disney Cruise Lines next week to serve as an Entertainment Host for guests. I passed the phone interview and will do the audition with other candidates in front of the Disney Recruiting team. I have tons of guest experience, media experience and 2 excellent reference letters. I am comfortable with the scripted material for the audition but there is ONE part that I cannot do:



The dancing. They want us to do the Hoedown Throwdown/Hannah Montana dance in front of the panel, dancing with the other audition candidates. And then on top of this we're expected to teach a 30-second portion of the dance to the group as if they're Disney Cruise Line guests. The clip is available online, but I tried learning the moves and can't. They're too fast and its hard to learn them when the people teaching you on screen say "move left" and it looks like they're moving right.



The Disney Recruiters did tell us not to worry about being professional dancers, and to just have fun and smile, but come on! If I mess this up, I'm worried they will pass on me to join they're team at sea. I'm willing to learn if someone can teach me, but this seems impossible. What are your thoughts? Are Disney recruiters lenient on this sort of thing? Please, any advice will be much appreciated.Will someone help me out in this EMERGENCY?
Do everything with a big smile on your face, and with rhythm. Do as best as you can and hope for the best. You will not be passed over if 1) you are pretty good looking; 2) you are enthusiastic; 3) you are respectful and observant; 4) you at least show you have rhythm; 5) there are not 50 others that could replace you as if you were a cookie cutout - AND they know the dance. Sorry bud - thus is life. All you can do is give it your best shot - that's what all of us are out there doing! You will get something! You sound like an employer's dream candidate. Can't beat yourself up about the things that are in high demand - there's a lot of you out there!
Emergency airdrop on the way!Will someone help me out in this EMERGENCY?
Keep practicing, that's the only way you will get it is to continue practicing, do it over and over again until you get it! Take a break in between each try though, like try it a couple of times, then go do something else for a while, then come back and try it again, and keep doing that!
they should be but try writing down the instructions and doing them without music to get accustomed to them.

Learn a portion at a time say 5 moves then 5 new do the 10 together and so forth
Keep trying. Don't just giving up. There is a chance there is a hope. At the same time, ask around your friends who is able to teach you. Maybe someone know someone who can dance well.
Relax. Try to learn the steps. If they told you to just have fun and smile, thats what you should do. I think they're doing that to see how well you do underpressure, just wanting to make sure that you don't freak out in the middle of a performance.

-Best of wishes
Hi, Well, If you have a full length mirror or, a large one, set your monitor on a low stool or the floor, put the mirror in front of it and adjust it so you can see the monitor in the mirror and then, you will be seeing the dance as if someone is standing in front of you teaching it to you. The mirror will reverse the picture for you. Pause the dance periodically and practice only a few steps at a time. Then, each time you start a new step, be sure to do all the previous steps first. JOSA

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