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Hamilton's Choreographer Explains The Secret Messages In Its Dance Moves · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Seacrest. So many people nationwide have
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Speaker 1: been waiting for Hamilton's hit Disney Plus, with the hit
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Speaker 1: Broadway musical fittingly arriving right before Independence Day and when
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Speaker 1: the country could really use an uplifting and patriotic story
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Speaker 1: about resilience. While lin Manuel Miranda has obviously been celebrated
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Speaker 1: and deservedly so for his wide ranging contributions to the musical,
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Speaker 1: a lot of other creative minds and up bring It
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Speaker 1: to life choreographer Andy Blankenbueller who want to Tony for
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Speaker 1: his work on it. So when you're watching Hamilton's, pay
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Speaker 1: close attention to the movements of both Alexander Hamilton and
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Speaker 1: Aaron Burr. Every gesture is designed to highlight their personalities
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Speaker 1: or foreshadow of the story. Hamilton's was a free thinker,
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Speaker 1: while Burr was rigid. That's why Andy explains, to play
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Speaker 1: Bill quote, every movement Aaron Burr makes is linear, while
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Speaker 1: everything with Hamilton is circular. If either characters falling into
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Speaker 1: his cycle of faith, they turned to the left, and
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Speaker 1: if they're resisting faith, they turned to the right. Fascinating
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Speaker 1: Hamilton's rise on Disney Plus today, that's direct from Hollywood