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INTERVIEW WITH THE TWINZ
21st April 2009

The Twinz- Maya and Nandy McClean- auditioned for Michael Jackson in LA last week.

Maya and Nandy shared details about the auditions and what it was like to dance in front of Michael Jackson himself!

MaxJax: Thank you for agreeing to this interview, it’s an absolute pleasure to be able to speak with you about what it was like auditioning for Michael Jackson!

We'd like to start by asking what you’re both doing at this stage in your careers.

Maya and Nandy: We are singer/songwriters and we are currently working on our album and looking to shop for a deal. We play the guitar so the sound is very acoustic pop with a lot of guitar lead tracks. We have been told it sounds like “Beautiful Pop music”. On the side we have been back up singing for various artists in the U.S.

How did you get selected to audition for Michael Jackson?

All the top agency’s in the US and internationally were contacted to send in their top dancers. It was picture submission. So we were selected off our headshots and resume.

Were you told to specifically plan or prepare a dance piece for the audition?

No we were just told to bring head shots, resumes and they taught us all the choreography.

Were you given any indication of what Michael was looking for?

Yes it was all specified in the email from our agency. Attractive model types dressed cabaret/catwalk and stars in their own right.

How did you personally prepare for the auditions?

Wow…We had been preparing our whole lives for that moment! We started dancing because of Michael Jackson when we were little. It was crazy! We got the email Friday and the audition was the next Tuesday so we had 4 days to prepare. We jumped online immediately started watching all his shows. We had a friend audition for the boys on Monday, so he told us what choreography they were learning “Smooth Criminal” and “Dangerous” and started going over those performances. Sit up’s push ups, coordinated what we were wearing, make up and drove round listening to MJ for the next 4 days lol!


What happened on the first day of auditions? Please tell us a little about who was there from Michael Jackson’s camp and what you had to learn and perform.

The first day was so exciting! They had a documentary crew filming. They chose us to give them an interview. Director Kenny Ortega was present, Travis Payne Choreographer/Associate Director and AEG Live. It was so intense!

When did you learn that you had been called back for the second day?

There were over 200 girls and we all went in together, learned the choreography, then got cut into smaller groups of 12 to be seen by the judges. Then we performed in front of Kenny, Travis and assistant choreographers and they told the ones they would like to stay for the call backs to take a step forward and they asked us both to step forward!

How many dancers were called back?

They kept around 50 female dancers and around 80 for male callbacks.

What was the second day of auditions like? Please tell us a little about who was there and what you were asked to perform.

Before we left for the callbacks the next day they taught the ones who stayed the rest of the choreography, so that’s what we performed the next day. The minute we got inside to sign up a friend came up to us and said, “ He is here”! Michael Jackson was in the building and would soon be seeing us audition. We were so excited!

Did you know in advance that Michael Jackson himself would be there?

On the first day Kenny said they would hope Michael would show up for the call backs, but wasn’t sure.

How long was Michael Jackson there on the second day?

He was there to watch the boy’s audition and when we came into audition for the next round he came in to watch. We then performed in groups of around 8 at a time and we got to do what we do.

Did Michael Jackson talk to the dancers or address them at any stage?

He got introduced as he came through the stalls and he waved hello. I blew him a kiss and he blew one back!

Did you personally get to speak to Michael Jackson at any stage?

Unfortunately not, we were there to work and only saw him from the stage.

Can you tell us a little about his demeanor and what he was wearing?

He was in black, had dark glasses on and his hair was done Jet black. One of the boy dancers said when they saw him he was wearing a white hat, so he must have taken it off before we saw him.

How did it feel to be able to perform for Michael Jackson himself? Were you very nervous?

Yes very, although he had come to one of Prince's show in Las Vegas before and seen us perform there as backup singers and dancers, but it was a totally different experience auditioning for him, for his show, to have his eye study you for his approval.

Please feel free to tell us any additional details you remember or would like to share.

They were only casting 2 girls and 6 boys out of over four hundred people. So we were very grateful to be in the few and to have made it that far. All we can say is that it was the experience of a life time and brought back so many feelings and memories from when we were kids and how far we have come since growing up in Australia and how dreams can come true if you believe.


Maya and Nandy have also said that they are huge Twitter, Facebook and MySpace fanatics and would love to connect with other MJ fans, dancers, singers etc. So here's their info...they're looking forward to connecting!

http://www.myspace.com/thetwinzpage

http://www.facebook.com/p...1349605679

http://www.twitter.com/thetwinz

Other sites:

http://mayaandnandy.com/ (Official website coming soon)

http://thetwinzfansite.com (Unofficial fansite)

Wrong forum but thanks for the info...

as if we had any doubt

Geeeez...MJ has absolutely no originality left and constantly follows in the steps of Prince.

The King of Pedophile strikes again...what a loser
[Edited 4/22/09 16:02pm]

2020 said:

that makes no sense at all. its not like he called the twins up and told them to audition..
"All the top agency’s in the US and internationally were contacted to send in their top dancers. It was picture submission. So we were selected off our headshots and resume."


Jackson didn't pick them out directly.

They've said they didn't make it, so no.....they won't be dancing for MJ.

Funny. I know MJ was a huge closet Prince fan, but didn't know he went to P's show in Vegas until now.

Why in the world would I care about this???

XNY said:

who you think was doing all the screamin?

How did it feel to be able to perform for Michael Jackson himself? Were you very nervous?

Yes very, although he had come to one of Prince's show in Las Vegas before and seen us perform there as backup singers and dancers, but it was a totally different experience auditioning for him, for his show, to have his eye study you for his approval.

I wonder what night he was there..... Interesting....P was jamming at 3121....

How long was Michael Jackson there on the second day?

He was there to watch the boy’s audition and when we came into audition for the next round he came in to watch.


Oh, no.

They didn't get the job- http://prince.org/msg/5/305490

prime said:

It was the Friday night of All Star weekend, I was there.

oh ok thanx 4 the update and the move...

BTW - another tidbit: Pearl (of Diamond and Pearl) was a backup dancer on Mike's History tour.

DesireeNevermind said:

besides me?

I screamed like a little girl when I saw him with my ex in Chicago. It just came out...he was right above me on stage and it looked like he was going to undo the strings on his tight pants...and I screamed! And she looked at me like she never had before. A "Huh? Was that you?" look.
Yep. The man is fine, even to straight men like me. Owah!!

XNY said:

just don't look in his eyes! you will feel the sudden urge to bend over.


or at least start wearing eyeliner 24/7
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XNY said:

I've seen Puffy and Suge Knight scream like that over Prince. It ain't a pretty sight.

XNY said:

SCNDLS said:

PurpleCharm said:

. . . sitting on a couch . . . next to each other.

SCNDLS said:

I would love to see that. Suge would probably drop me over a balcony after I gave him that look.

XNY said:

NO..... for real?