'Hamilton' Choreographer Breaks Down His Moves

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Andy Blankenbuehler, choreographer of the musical "Hamilton," shows us how he created some of the musical's signature moves. Photo: Cassandra Giraldo for The Wall Street Journal
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  • @witcheezer
    @witcheezer8 жыл бұрын

    Okay so EVERYONE behind this project is a genius. Cool. Cool cool cool.

  • @mythbusterslover14

    @mythbusterslover14

    8 жыл бұрын

    I've been binging community again so I might just have abed in my head. But you are quoting abed right?

  • @10cutecandy

    @10cutecandy

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Anna Emiko omg I literally just thought about the exact same thing ahahahha

  • 6 жыл бұрын

    No doubt. No doubt. No doubt. #99

  • @eyescandeceive

    @eyescandeceive

    6 жыл бұрын

    geniuses attract each other--Lin has amazing people around him. Look at some of the Lacamoire videos too. Mind blown. Tommy Kail needs to make some videos!!!

  • @thomashester2

    @thomashester2

    5 жыл бұрын

    Stefania Carvacho smort

  • @MichaelaBelle
    @MichaelaBelle7 жыл бұрын

    my dad was like "why would you want to go see the show if you already know all the words from listening to the soundtrack 4000 times?" THIS. THIS IS WHY.

  • @eyescandeceive

    @eyescandeceive

    6 жыл бұрын

    the lighting design is amazing also, so don't be upset if you get seats high up because then you will be able to see more of the cool stuff happening on the floor of the stage with lighting

  • @1Seriouslyserious

    @1Seriouslyserious

    5 жыл бұрын

    It is so incredibly amazing.

  • 4 жыл бұрын

    Yet, I saw the show (because I love the songs and the story), but the dance moves were just that, moves for me. I saw literally no meaning in them. Yeah, I am REAAALY bad at seeing hidden meaning in things in general, let alone in dance moves.

  • @adisynnefransen1066

    @adisynnefransen1066

    4 жыл бұрын

    I’m supposed to see Hamilton next year in June and we have to sit in the balcony cause we poor 😂 but my cousin saw it a few years ago and she said it was the best thing she’d ever seen

  • @abbiezinn3352

    @abbiezinn3352

    4 жыл бұрын

    i’m seeing it as soon as broadway reopens, but i watched it like a bajillion times on disney+ lol. still wanna see it in person tho.

  • @hazeleyeddreamer11
    @hazeleyeddreamer118 жыл бұрын

    I need an entire documentary on Hamilton's choreography.

  • @catl0v3r34

    @catl0v3r34

    8 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @Sheepie9403

    @Sheepie9403

    8 жыл бұрын

    same

  • @LaurenLaass

    @LaurenLaass

    8 жыл бұрын

    PLEASE. Then I could learn it all for when I audition one day. :D

  • @nikkiu.2148

    @nikkiu.2148

    8 жыл бұрын

    My thoughts exactly. 👌

  • @hyacinthbuds

    @hyacinthbuds

    8 жыл бұрын

    www.ew.com/article/2016/06/23/hamilton-documentary-pbs

  • @MissSofiNencini
    @MissSofiNencini8 жыл бұрын

    He's a genius. Everyone in Hamilton is freaking amazing.

  • @antonia3868

    @antonia3868

    7 жыл бұрын

    Sofi Nencini ikr

  • @volcanofungu1185

    @volcanofungu1185

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's true

  • @saskiaelliott1175
    @saskiaelliott11758 жыл бұрын

    What gets me is how much thought and time goes into 15 seconds of choreography... and then thinking how long the show actually is. Fantastic! Would love to see more break downs of the reasoning behind the moves, especially for those of us who can't see the actual show!!

  • @btoal2001
    @btoal20018 жыл бұрын

    This guy is such a genius it makes me sick. With so much attention paid to Lin's music and lyrics (deservedly so) it's so awesome to see videos like this and just be reminded once in a while of the genius of Andy, Tommy, and Alex (sorry to use their first names like I know them, I just don't want to misspell their last names) is just so mind blowing. Sometimes thinking about what Andy put together can seem almost more impressive than Lin's work when I think Lin got to write, rewrite, tweak, workshop, all of his brilliant ideas for 7 years and the choreography has to get done how quickly? My god to be a fly on the wall when this creative team is in a room bouncing ideas off each other. That has to just be insane. I love creative masterminds.

  • @slightlysmall

    @slightlysmall

    7 жыл бұрын

    You want to be in the room where it happens? (me too)

  • @ladyrandom7080

    @ladyrandom7080

    5 жыл бұрын

    I agreed with you, buddy 👍🏾

  • @kkmmrew

    @kkmmrew

    4 жыл бұрын

    have you gotten a chance to see the bandstand pro shot? it had the same choreographer and it blew my mind! i already loved the story and the songs but then to see it with andy's one of a kind choreography. well it was no wonder why he won the Tony for bandstand. this guy is out of this world talented. every time i here him talk my jaw drops

  • @jackiee147

    @jackiee147

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@slightlysmall AHAHAHA UNDERRATED COMMENT

  • @bananawanable
    @bananawanable8 жыл бұрын

    It's amazing how you can almost hear the heart beat just by watching their dance moves

  • @gingersnxpp3627
    @gingersnxpp36278 жыл бұрын

    We need a breakdown to every single choreography aka all the songs

  • @sofiacastorena700

    @sofiacastorena700

    3 жыл бұрын

    YES PLEASE, SIGN ME UP

  • @jcthefluteman

    @jcthefluteman

    2 жыл бұрын

    Especially You'll Be Back

  • @ALJ0613
    @ALJ06138 жыл бұрын

    The heartbeat TOTALLY makes sense.

  • @vicky__p
    @vicky__p6 жыл бұрын

    Wondered why despite the leads being spectacular I kept getting "distracted" by the dancers in the background. This explains why. Absolutely amazing. And I'm totally going to use an hour of my life to learn this.

  • @chukwudiilozue9171

    @chukwudiilozue9171

    5 жыл бұрын

    I watched this in Buffalo and couldn't figure out what to focus on. It was awe inspiring.

  • @ChesireCat72

    @ChesireCat72

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm a trained dancer so you can only imagine my eyes going straight to the dancers and their moves according to the lyrics.b

  • @sarahw8672
    @sarahw86728 жыл бұрын

    I love how every move means something! It really helps remember the routine as a dancer. Amazing

  • @jadecherry7224
    @jadecherry72247 жыл бұрын

    Ok I'm gonna start a dance class that only teaches the Hamilton choreography Who wants to join?

  • @sydneyfearncombe6190

    @sydneyfearncombe6190

    7 жыл бұрын

    Jadecherry 505 Meeeeee!

  • @charlzee

    @charlzee

    6 жыл бұрын

    Hmu 😂

  • @asumijynn

    @asumijynn

    6 жыл бұрын

    COUNT ME IN!!!! WHERE?!!!!!! I'm honestly trying to start a theatre club at my school so I can relate 😂😂😂

  • @Elfland.

    @Elfland.

    6 жыл бұрын

    That honestly would be amazing.

  • @bruno404__3

    @bruno404__3

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@sydneyfearncombe6190 meee

  • @mckenna8663
    @mckenna86638 жыл бұрын

    Thank you ... I always find it so fascinating to hear what artist and entrepreneurs are thinking. And with this... each step and gesture has a deeper meaning.... amazing. THANK you! riveting!!

  • @lafayette4160

    @lafayette4160

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mc Kenna ikr same

  • @Mistardmuster
    @Mistardmuster8 жыл бұрын

    So I always thought that when they point to their heads and curl during the heartbeat, they were standing like a child in the womb...

  • @taffyree6827

    @taffyree6827

    7 жыл бұрын

    Me Too XD

  • @eyescandeceive

    @eyescandeceive

    6 жыл бұрын

    it can mean both. one of the mysterious things about great art is that sometimes a message comes through that was not consciously intended by the artist but the Higher Inspiration makes sure the underlying meaning comes across

  • @laurendang6140
    @laurendang61407 жыл бұрын

    yALL but in satisfied and helpless the ballroom dancing in the background is amazing

  • @sophbenj.8840
    @sophbenj.88402 жыл бұрын

    Whenever I watch Hamilton I cannot stop watching the ensemble dance. Oh my gosh they’re so good. The choreography just. I genuinely don’t understand how this man did all of that and made it FLAWLESS.

  • @xxobrittanyg
    @xxobrittanyg8 жыл бұрын

    So much thought has gone into every moment. This is why every component of this musical is magic.

  • @LyricNear
    @LyricNear8 жыл бұрын

    now i spend all my free time learning this.

  • @BetteDavis19

    @BetteDavis19

    7 жыл бұрын

    RIGHT. haha hope it went well!

  • @littlexredradio
    @littlexredradio8 жыл бұрын

    This makes me miss my dance classes so much!!!!!

  • @donnapersiani9466
    @donnapersiani94664 жыл бұрын

    This is got to be the most mind-blowing breakdown of how choreographers visualize and conceive their next moves to make the total thought complete

  • @melissaorahulio6479
    @melissaorahulio64798 жыл бұрын

    I love how you can see how much passion and sentiment he puts into his every move 😍😍😍

  • @sidneyokeke9723
    @sidneyokeke97237 жыл бұрын

    I really want the choreography for non-stop

  • @elizabethjunkin2677
    @elizabethjunkin26777 жыл бұрын

    My high school is doing a kind of Hamilton tribute as the finale of our cabaret performance and our choreographer gave us a dumbed down version of this choreography. Knowing the meaning behind the actual moves is really cool!

  • @heyitzchiara
    @heyitzchiara7 жыл бұрын

    I came in this thinking I could learn the routine easily within 10 minutes. I was wrong. I am 13 and I have been doing hip-hop my whole life yet i've never met a choreographer who actually uses the lyrics to make his moves (apart from lyrical choreographers) and I love how meaningful they are. I am hoping to learn this routine now within a week so hopefully I can! Wish me luck :)

  • @eyescandeceive

    @eyescandeceive

    6 жыл бұрын

    have you seen Andy's My Shot video? kzread.info/dash/bejne/iKGNttWIotG9gJM.html

  • @mhmm5264

    @mhmm5264

    3 жыл бұрын

    omg you’re 17 now

  • @virgil.alonso
    @virgil.alonso8 жыл бұрын

    Needed this

  • @SuzanneRoberts
    @SuzanneRoberts4 жыл бұрын

    We just watched #HamilFilm and we cannot stress enough every little thing in Andy Blankenbuehler's choreography. Just amazing mastery of movement as an art form and as the message.

  • @peppa_pig_
    @peppa_pig_4 жыл бұрын

    wow as someone who does not like theatre or dance (except Hamilton) this breakdown added SO much artistically to my understanding of the musical who knew dance could speak so much

  • @angelaaninon9435
    @angelaaninon94357 жыл бұрын

    I would watch an entire documentary on the choreo pls make it happen!!

  • @braytonaubree8989
    @braytonaubree89898 жыл бұрын

    This is so beautiful.

  • @CurlehHairs
    @CurlehHairs4 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely brilliant. Everytime I watch the show, I notice more nuances with the choreography. I really appreciate this break down of the steps

  • @tournikit
    @tournikit6 жыл бұрын

    I love his constant WHOOMPS and WHAMS

  • @yourmidnights13
    @yourmidnights137 жыл бұрын

    I wanna know about every single move of every one and what it means. Damn it. Can this be a Netflix show? please?

  • @sunshinecasea8834
    @sunshinecasea88344 жыл бұрын

    Having seen the live performance 4 times in San Francisco and now having the ability to replay on Disney+, I am even more amazed by the choreography! I remain mesmerized and vow to learn a few! It's July 7, 2020! Thank you! Thank you!

  • @misfitnicss
    @misfitnicss4 жыл бұрын

    I want to see how they did the chore for Satisfied with the slow-mo reversal

  • @buffywood5014
    @buffywood50147 жыл бұрын

    ok, now we just need this for every second of every song so that 10 years from now when I finally score Hamilton tickets i can stand in the isle and do the moves with the cast

  • @MsADiez
    @MsADiez11 ай бұрын

    Love seeing this broken down because you don’t realize why it’s powerful when you’re watching it, you just feel it and know that it is!

  • @s0dap0p27
    @s0dap0p274 жыл бұрын

    As an actor I subconsciously took note of everything he was saying and now in watching this once i have completely memorized and perfected the dance

  • @brid101286
    @brid1012866 жыл бұрын

    Love the moves and the sound effect he is adding when he shows the moves! Artttt gives me lifeeee

  • @MissGeorgiex1
    @MissGeorgiex17 жыл бұрын

    Wow no wonder I love this show when not only the lyrics and music but the choreography has been thought through so beautifully 😍

  • @Shereadsalot
    @Shereadsalot5 ай бұрын

    I need to rewatch the musical just for the choreography now

  • @DontDoSadness91
    @DontDoSadness918 жыл бұрын

    I NEED MORE

  • @Mel-jy5sw
    @Mel-jy5sw7 жыл бұрын

    i love everything about this show so much. there is just so much talent within the cast and crew and im just amazed

  • @RespectMyThickness
    @RespectMyThickness6 жыл бұрын

    As a dancer and choreographer myself lately I have been really uninspired. However seeing Hamilton I always loved how inventive the choreography was. I'm pretty late stumbling upon this video but I'm so glad I've seen this. It's really inspiring and shows another approach to creating choreography. I love how he's literally just interpreting what the lyrics say but he does it with so much flare. This definitely makes me want to get back into the studio and get back to work.

  • @yashiAR
    @yashiAR6 жыл бұрын

    This is absolutely brilliant! These details always fascinate me and intrigue me. I love finding out new things about something I am obsessed with and seemingly know lot about.

  • @katekat4522
    @katekat45222 жыл бұрын

    that's incredible that there's a story behind every move.

  • @PjD0150
    @PjD01507 жыл бұрын

    This is amazing. I loved hearing the thought process behind it as even if we never really understood the meaning behind it before. The breadcrumbs were always there. Which is why it looks so great. The choreography is a masterpiece in itself as it been planned and thought to the second.

  • @hotoole2956
    @hotoole29563 жыл бұрын

    It’s amazing that every move is intentional, I stan with the crowd that we need videos like this for every song

  • @julieenslow5915
    @julieenslow59155 жыл бұрын

    Wow. So much thought behind every move! Thank you!

  • @awatson6094
    @awatson60946 жыл бұрын

    I could listen to him all day talking about every move. So, so interesting to hear his ideas.

  • @TheSweetForever
    @TheSweetForever4 жыл бұрын

    I love that there is a story and meaning behind every move

  • @stargurl_123
    @stargurl_1235 жыл бұрын

    I am in love with this choreography. It is a wonderful idea of moves towards the song

  • @faithmynameisfaith6731
    @faithmynameisfaith67317 жыл бұрын

    Me: Stubs my toe "I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory-"

  • @annefitz7346
    @annefitz73463 жыл бұрын

    That was so fascinating. Thx so much fir sharing

  • @leav4g
    @leav4g6 жыл бұрын

    My thoughts exactly MC. Fascinating. Made me go back and really watch it.

  • @brendapatriciav
    @brendapatriciav4 жыл бұрын

    I love seeing these!

  • @AGdollzRok
    @AGdollzRok5 жыл бұрын

    Wow I love this! Andy is such a genius. I’ve always been so intrigued by Hamilton’s choreography

  • @heylookitsellie5758
    @heylookitsellie57584 жыл бұрын

    YES THANKS YOU FOR BREAKING THIS DOWN FOR ME I NEEDED IT SO MUCH

  • @ilv2laugh
    @ilv2laugh6 жыл бұрын

    Just found this and need more

  • @pamelamays4186
    @pamelamays41863 жыл бұрын

    Andy. Alex. Tommy. Lin-Manuel. The four geniuses of Broadway.

  • @agustinamaier8231
    @agustinamaier82316 жыл бұрын

    Love u Andy

  • @mitica-mar
    @mitica-mar3 жыл бұрын

    It’s a very choreographer/dancer thing to “whomp” every move haha love it

  • @Phoenix_guitar
    @Phoenix_guitar5 жыл бұрын

    I wish my teacher would play this smol documentary of choreography of Hamilton.

  • @A_keo
    @A_keo5 жыл бұрын

    I'm so learning this, even though I've never done hip hop dancing before and don't really know what I'm doing

  • @JacksG13
    @JacksG135 жыл бұрын

    This and the other video was fascinating! Both so we could learn the backstory behind each move and so that I can possibly learn how to do these two parts of the show!

  • @milenam304
    @milenam3046 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, thank you!!

  • @bobbygomez7561
    @bobbygomez75618 жыл бұрын

    I wish he was facing the mirror and the camera was diagonally behind him! (does that make sense?) It's hard to match this choreo head on without mirroring it. facing the mirror would make it feel more like a choreo rehearsal. Maybe i'm just a bad dancer who's alone in this thinking lmao

  • @hannahduke4054

    @hannahduke4054

    8 жыл бұрын

    No, I understand. I'm a dancer and I'm having a lot of trouble learning it because of the same reason.

  • @jennafoley130

    @jennafoley130

    7 жыл бұрын

    Just remember, the dancers do this on either side of Hamilton so there is no "correct" hand to do this with. Look at the Grammy performance for more reference if needed.

  • @laughfrodisiac2400

    @laughfrodisiac2400

    7 жыл бұрын

    How long would it take professional dancers just to learn this bit? Like after once or twice through do they have it?

  • @Elfland.

    @Elfland.

    6 жыл бұрын

    I kept on having to pause just to turn around because I got confused when I was first trying to learn it. Now I come back to the video once in a while just to see if I actually remember as much as I thought I did.

  • @Elfland.

    @Elfland.

    6 жыл бұрын

    I’m not a dancer but when it comes to shows I’m all in XD

  • @emilyc9492
    @emilyc94927 жыл бұрын

    I'm spending my summer learning this omg

  • @StLProgressive
    @StLProgressive4 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely fascinating.

  • @myYouTube1travel
    @myYouTube1travel5 жыл бұрын

    amazing

  • @lucydiamond1595
    @lucydiamond15956 жыл бұрын

    wow. he's amazing..

  • @hayleytubrett3749
    @hayleytubrett37498 жыл бұрын

    SO GOOD UGH

  • @4Angel4x
    @4Angel4x7 жыл бұрын

    I really wish I could dance now.

  • @abbeymabon869
    @abbeymabon8697 жыл бұрын

    I had no idea so much thought went into this, bravo.

  • @AaronCCorbin
    @AaronCCorbin Жыл бұрын

    It's amazing how every single movement means something.

  • @AaronCCorbin

    @AaronCCorbin

    Жыл бұрын

    Hamilton's lyrics are the same - I feel like Lin Manuel really thought about every single word and didn't waste even one; everything had a meaning and made sense in the story.

  • @ladyrandom7080
    @ladyrandom70805 жыл бұрын

    Wow, no pensé que le pusieran tanto significado a la coreografía. Todos en el cast de Hamilton son una especie de semidioses ❤️

  • @AlexloveDanRadcliffe
    @AlexloveDanRadcliffe8 жыл бұрын

    I WANT MORE!!!!!

  • @thaliagrace4444
    @thaliagrace44447 жыл бұрын

    this is so freaking cool i want think for all the songs

  • @heidismith4925
    @heidismith49257 жыл бұрын

    I tripped two times today and once yesterday over my own toes, I do not understand how these people do this and don't trip once (that I know).

  • @reenakoshy2905
    @reenakoshy29053 жыл бұрын

    Amazing

  • @jorgefarfanv
    @jorgefarfanv4 жыл бұрын

    I. NEED. MORE.

  • @quizzicalpineapple
    @quizzicalpineapple4 жыл бұрын

    I am going to learn this.

  • @barbarameany9935
    @barbarameany993510 ай бұрын

    The thought process 👌

  • @singenstattatmen5096
    @singenstattatmen50967 жыл бұрын

    Right...This untalented, unathletic piece of flubber that happens to be me is now going to put everything she has into learning 20 seconds of professional hiphop/musical dancing - wish me luck...

  • @wickedly4

    @wickedly4

    7 жыл бұрын

    i mean same lol

  • @sydneyfearncombe6190

    @sydneyfearncombe6190

    7 жыл бұрын

    SingenStatt Atmen Good Luck! 👋👋

  • @td-js6fd

    @td-js6fd

    7 жыл бұрын

    SingenStatt Atmen I relate so much to this comment 😂

  • @annaoffive

    @annaoffive

    6 жыл бұрын

    Let's be honestly. No matter how much work and time we try to put into learning this dance, we're never gonna be satisfied with its outcome... All well I'll be practicing it anyway.

  • @calliegobble8382

    @calliegobble8382

    6 жыл бұрын

    Anna Lee Oof you right

  • @girlinatree
    @girlinatree4 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Where's the rest? I'll wait.

  • @NormalGayBro
    @NormalGayBro7 жыл бұрын

    I just want to do Hamilton dance covers.

  • @iiqlxssy3957
    @iiqlxssy39575 жыл бұрын

    i like his sound affects

  • @justinhurioglu5440
    @justinhurioglu54407 жыл бұрын

    This helped so much I had to choreograph a broadway musical easily done

  • @george00719
    @george007198 жыл бұрын

    very cool I like it

  • @imstillhere2587
    @imstillhere25877 жыл бұрын

    I need a breakdown of all the choreography in Hamilton ASAP!!

  • @callmekc9793
    @callmekc97934 жыл бұрын

    I just love the wum-s

  • @nickiabooker1874
    @nickiabooker18743 жыл бұрын

    Watching this til I get it

  • @uh_angie
    @uh_angie7 жыл бұрын

    I think it was fun to get to know Hammy through a musical

  • @DanielleXD263
    @DanielleXD2634 жыл бұрын

    Their movements are so fast, precise and accurate that you can hear the little "woosh" of the air!

  • @teenieneenie630
    @teenieneenie6306 жыл бұрын

    Tat was Soooo Coooool!

  • @KKISCRAZYFUL
    @KKISCRAZYFUL4 жыл бұрын

    I always thought dance was cool but I never understood the poetry of their movements. This is amazing.

  • @kale3563
    @kale35637 жыл бұрын

    I swear to god I'm memorizing all of his videos

  • @KandeShack
    @KandeShack4 жыл бұрын

    Genius!

  • @ChesireCat72
    @ChesireCat723 жыл бұрын

    Battle of Yorktown is my favorite song from Hamilton. When do violins go into the riffs.

  • @jyothicross9907
    @jyothicross99076 жыл бұрын

    'Boom boom phw gah gah' - Andy Blankenbuehler 2k17

  • @ChadBarnier
    @ChadBarnier5 жыл бұрын

    So when can we expect the 12-hour dance doco from Andy?

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