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Speaker 2: It's Later with Moe Kelly.
Speaker 3: We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app and YouTube, so
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Speaker 3: Mickey Mouse and Mini Mouse bring audiences on an expedition
Speaker 3: across raging seas, snow covered mountains, and the Marigold Bridge
Speaker 3: in Disney on Ice presents Into the Magic. This extravaganza
Speaker 3: features Disney's Moana, Frozen, Coco, and Beauty and the Beast
Speaker 3: with other beloved Disney characters playing the Toyota Arena in
Speaker 3: Ontario starting tomorrow through Sunday. Later tonight, we'll be giving
Speaker 3: away a family four pack to tomorrow night's show at
Speaker 3: the Toyota Arena only if you're watching our YouTube feed.
Speaker 3: But right now, I'm happy to be joined by Kyle James,
Speaker 3: performance director for Disney on Ice.
Speaker 2: Kyle is good to talk to you. How you doing, sir,
Speaker 2: I'm doing great.
Speaker 4: How are you?
Speaker 2: I'm doing well. I've been looking forward to this conversation.
Speaker 3: Disney on Ice features skaters from literally around the world,
Speaker 3: from Canada to Kazakhstan to even the Philippines. What is
Speaker 3: the audition and selection process?
Speaker 5: Like all the skaters that are interested in joining disjroon ice,
Speaker 5: they usually train and compete their whole life, and then
Speaker 5: when they're ready for something new, they send in a
Speaker 5: video to our casting team and if anyone's interested out there,
Speaker 5: all the information is on our website disjon ice dot com.
Speaker 3: Does the show vary from city to city with moving
Speaker 3: parts or is it consistent regardless of venue.
Speaker 4: It's consistent regardless of the venue. We try to put
Speaker 4: our same consistent product out there each time.
Speaker 2: There is performance and there is preparation.
Speaker 3: What is the training that the skaters employed beyond just
Speaker 3: the normal rehearsals. Yes, they're skating all the time, but
Speaker 3: what type of maybe physical workout routine do some skaters employ?
Speaker 5: Yeah, so every skater has their own physical workout plan
Speaker 5: that works for them. A lot of people enjoy running outside.
Speaker 5: Some people like are always in the gym. It really
Speaker 5: is just whatever their body is used to and how
Speaker 5: they've trained their whole life.
Speaker 3: How long is this tour? What part are you in
Speaker 3: this tour? Of course it's been going on all across
Speaker 3: the country. But where are we in the tour?
Speaker 5: We are on week twenty nine of thirty, so we
Speaker 5: may have this week and one more week left.
Speaker 3: As the performance director, do you sense at any point,
Speaker 3: just person to person a level of fatigue given that
Speaker 3: you're week twenty nine out of thirty. How do you
Speaker 3: maintain that same level of enthusiasm amongst the cast members
Speaker 3: from week to week?
Speaker 4: Yeah?
Speaker 5: So everyone again has their own thing that works for them,
Speaker 5: and I've learned each one of my performers. Some need
Speaker 5: to pick me up, some just needa, you're doing great,
Speaker 5: Some need just to pat on the back, and yeah,
Speaker 5: it's just always trying to keep the energy up and
Speaker 5: keep them motivated.
Speaker 3: I know when I go to the theater, there's the
Speaker 3: principal cast and you usually have understudies. Is it the
Speaker 3: same for Disney on where you'll have your principal cast,
Speaker 3: but you have a selection of I don't want to
Speaker 3: call them backup skaters, but understudies who could step in
Speaker 3: at a moment's notice, someone maybe injured, someone maybe under
Speaker 3: the weather.
Speaker 5: Yeah, we have our principal cast and then we have
Speaker 5: plenty of talented understudies that are always ready to go
Speaker 5: in at any time.
Speaker 2: How do they go about doing that?
Speaker 3: Now, do you have the understudies who learn five or
Speaker 3: six different parts or is it just one to one?
Speaker 4: Was the Disney on Ice? Everything is specific to the role.
Speaker 5: So it's just if they have the look at how
Speaker 5: what the casting team in Disney's looking for for that
Speaker 5: individual role.
Speaker 3: When you are touring the country, I'm quite sure that
Speaker 3: you may be surprised by something or you may see
Speaker 3: something like, oh, so and so did something just a
Speaker 3: little bit different or in an inflection in their voice,
Speaker 3: or there was something they did that they hadn't done before.
Speaker 3: Is that common or what types of things are emblematic
Speaker 3: of that?
Speaker 5: Yeah, everyone brings their own personality to each of the characters.
Speaker 5: That everyone to stick to the same basics of each character,
Speaker 5: but everyone makes it their own in a little ways.
Speaker 2: Does it very though? From performance performance to Kenny?
Speaker 3: Do you see like, well, James did a little bit
Speaker 3: something different tonight, or he had a little more enthusiasm tonight,
Speaker 3: or he added an ad lib line.
Speaker 2: Does that happen?
Speaker 4: It doesn't here and there.
Speaker 5: But I feel like since I watched so many shows
Speaker 5: that they all kind of blend together.
Speaker 3: Well, let's talk about since you're watching shows, how do
Speaker 3: you run this. As a performance director, do you have
Speaker 3: the formal rehearsals where you say five six seven, Hey,
Speaker 3: how does a rehearsal go?
Speaker 5: Yeah, so we rehearse for almost two weeks down in
Speaker 5: our headquarters in Florida, and then that's just when we
Speaker 5: teach the whole show. We run the show, make it
Speaker 5: show ready, and we get on the road, and then
Speaker 5: throughout the tour I hold rehearsals when needed, and then
Speaker 5: every show I watch and I take notes and I
Speaker 5: go back and talk to the crew or the skaters,
Speaker 5: whoever needs to fix with it what was wrong.
Speaker 2: As a performance director, let me stay right there.
Speaker 3: What is your barometer as far as a performance being
Speaker 3: on par with what you expect, what Disney expects, and
Speaker 3: what type of variance is there? I'm quite sure not
Speaker 3: every performance is the same, Not every crowd is the same,
Speaker 3: the energy level is not the same. So what are
Speaker 3: some of the cues and clues that you're looking for.
Speaker 5: My job as a performance structor is just a whole
Speaker 5: the integrity of the show as it was created by
Speaker 5: the producers, and just making my own little touches on
Speaker 5: it to keep it new and fun for everyone.
Speaker 4: It's live entertainment.
Speaker 5: I get things happen, but we always try to keep
Speaker 5: it to our higher standard.
Speaker 2: Do you have any input?
Speaker 3: You said you work on the show for a good
Speaker 3: two weeks before you go out on the road. What
Speaker 3: is your level of input as far as putting that
Speaker 3: show together or providing a vision that is being followed.
Speaker 4: It depends on the show.
Speaker 5: If it's like a brand new show that I'm first,
Speaker 5: the first person working on, you have a lot of input.
Speaker 4: And then when it comes down the line and then.
Speaker 5: I'm like, I don't even know what number performance structure
Speaker 5: to work on this show, but it all of us
Speaker 5: bring our own little thing and have made our little
Speaker 5: touches all over the show.
Speaker 3: All Right, With all that as a precursor, let's get
Speaker 3: into a Disney on Ice Presents, into the magic. We're
Speaker 3: gonna be giving away a family four pack to tomorrow's
Speaker 3: show in Ontario at the Toyota Arena. What should our
Speaker 3: winners and everyone else in attendance expect to see?
Speaker 5: Yeah, there you get to see six amazing stories. We
Speaker 5: have our classics like Cinderella and Beauty and the Beasts,
Speaker 5: and some of our new favorites that everyone loves, like Frozen, Muana,
Speaker 5: Cocoa Entangled and yeah, just it's a story that everyone
Speaker 5: gets to enjoy and there's so much magic, all right.
Speaker 3: Well, speaking of the magic, Kyle James, performance director for
Speaker 3: Disney on Ice. Disney on Ice Presents Into the Magic
Speaker 3: can be experienced at the Toyota Arena in Ontario through Sunday.
Speaker 6: Now is the time if you want to win tickets
Speaker 6: to see Disney on Ice Tomorrow night at the Toyota
Speaker 6: Area in Ontario. Caller number seven, Lucky number seven. You
Speaker 6: need to have the Disney on Ice password, which we
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Speaker 6: We have a little issue with that, but we got
Speaker 6: the password up there. Caller number seven, you will have
Speaker 6: a chance to see Disney on Ice Presents Into the Magic.
Speaker 6: The show is tomorrow night at the Toyota Arena in Ontario.
Speaker 3: Kyle James, I want to thank you as my guest
Speaker 3: coming on tonight. Thank you for all you do and
Speaker 3: congratulations on a wonderful.
Speaker 2: Wonderful tour.
Speaker 4: Great, thank you so much for having me.
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