Hello all! :wave:
I had an audition a while ago for a face character at Tokyo Disneyland
I'm finding it hard to find any information/help on getting a job at Disney from here in Australia... Soooooo I'd thought I'd share my expereince for any other Disney job hunting Aussies out there
Bit of background - I'm 5'5, 54kg, dark hair, green eyes.
The audition I went to was for both dancers and face characters (males and females).
The dancing part was first up - in the morning, so I had to wait around until the afternoon to audition.
But, for those interesting in the dancing part:
About 200 people showed up (!) Of which most were girls (about 10 boys in total I think) and they gave us all a nunber which we stuck to out tops. We then went into a seperate hall in groups of 30 at a time, where we basically did ballet 101 - a short routine to prove we had some ballet/jazz training. Very technical - they were definatly looking for peopel strong in technique.
They called out about 5 or 6 numbers from each group, and these were given a call back for later. Then, all those given a call back were put into one group, and taught another routine - more fun this time and not so technical. More were cut from here. I'm not sure what happened next
Face Characters:
There were about 60 of us, and (again) everyone was given a number. We were all packed into hall, where we were first up told that if we we booted out not to feel bad - theis audition is based 90% on how you LOOK - you have got to resemble the Disney characters so that kids will really believe you ARE that person (*duh*)
They taught us a short routine. They say no dancing background necessary, and that they are simply observing how you move, if you are coordinated, but most importantly, your presence - how you light up a room!
Smile, look at the judges (there was 6 of them! All lined up behind a lond white table. Spooky hehehe)
It was a pretty simple rountine (we performed it to "Season of the Heart" from TokyoSea. Fun!) and we also had to pretend to wave at kids as if we were on a float in a parade. Oh! Under 5"4 in height people had a more 'playful' wave (ala Tinkerbell, Peter Pan, Alice, etc, as those auditioners fall into that height range) while 5"5 and over had to portray a more graceful look, like Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty style.
After we learned the routine, we were called out in groups of 4 to perform in front of the judges, while everyone else stood to the sides and watched. Hehehehe.
After everyone had a go, the called out a bunch of numbers - if you were not called, you were cut.
They then repeated the exact same process over with those who weren't cut - same routine, and cut out about another half. This is as far as I got (*sniff* :brick: ).
Note: People were stuffing up the routine right and left! I don't think one person did it all the way through with no mistakes. They judges do NOT care - just keep smiling and enjoying yourself, and don't LOOK like you've biffed it up. They don't want to see you panicking if you forget something
Anyway, all in all, good experience!
I have another audition on June 1st (Melbourne) for Hong Kong Disneyland. Yay! Hopefully this one goes better :sohappy:
- Lee :ROFLOL:
I had an audition a while ago for a face character at Tokyo Disneyland
I'm finding it hard to find any information/help on getting a job at Disney from here in Australia... Soooooo I'd thought I'd share my expereince for any other Disney job hunting Aussies out there
Bit of background - I'm 5'5, 54kg, dark hair, green eyes.
The audition I went to was for both dancers and face characters (males and females).
The dancing part was first up - in the morning, so I had to wait around until the afternoon to audition.
But, for those interesting in the dancing part:
About 200 people showed up (!) Of which most were girls (about 10 boys in total I think) and they gave us all a nunber which we stuck to out tops. We then went into a seperate hall in groups of 30 at a time, where we basically did ballet 101 - a short routine to prove we had some ballet/jazz training. Very technical - they were definatly looking for peopel strong in technique.
They called out about 5 or 6 numbers from each group, and these were given a call back for later. Then, all those given a call back were put into one group, and taught another routine - more fun this time and not so technical. More were cut from here. I'm not sure what happened next
Face Characters:
There were about 60 of us, and (again) everyone was given a number. We were all packed into hall, where we were first up told that if we we booted out not to feel bad - theis audition is based 90% on how you LOOK - you have got to resemble the Disney characters so that kids will really believe you ARE that person
(*duh*)They taught us a short routine. They say no dancing background necessary, and that they are simply observing how you move, if you are coordinated, but most importantly, your presence - how you light up a room!
Smile, look at the judges (there was 6 of them! All lined up behind a lond white table. Spooky hehehe)
It was a pretty simple rountine (we performed it to "Season of the Heart" from TokyoSea. Fun!) and we also had to pretend to wave at kids as if we were on a float in a parade. Oh! Under 5"4 in height people had a more 'playful' wave (ala Tinkerbell, Peter Pan, Alice, etc, as those auditioners fall into that height range) while 5"5 and over had to portray a more graceful look, like Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty style.
After we learned the routine, we were called out in groups of 4 to perform in front of the judges, while everyone else stood to the sides and watched. Hehehehe.
After everyone had a go, the called out a bunch of numbers - if you were not called, you were cut.
They then repeated the exact same process over with those who weren't cut - same routine, and cut out about another half. This is as far as I got (*sniff* :brick: ).
Note: People were stuffing up the routine right and left! I don't think one person did it all the way through with no mistakes. They judges do NOT care - just keep smiling and enjoying yourself, and don't LOOK like you've biffed it up. They don't want to see you panicking if you forget something
Anyway, all in all, good experience!
I have another audition on June 1st (Melbourne) for Hong Kong Disneyland. Yay! Hopefully this one goes better :sohappy:
- Lee :ROFLOL:
