'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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Okay so EVERYONE behind this project is a genius. Cool. Cool cool cool.
@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
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
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
5 жыл бұрын
Stefania Carvacho smort
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
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
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
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
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.
I need an entire documentary on Hamilton's choreography.
@catl0v3r34
8 жыл бұрын
Same
@Sheepie9403
8 жыл бұрын
same
@LaurenLaass
8 жыл бұрын
PLEASE. Then I could learn it all for when I audition one day. :D
@nikkiu.2148
8 жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly. 👌
@hyacinthbuds
8 жыл бұрын
www.ew.com/article/2016/06/23/hamilton-documentary-pbs
He's a genius. Everyone in Hamilton is freaking amazing.
@antonia3868
7 жыл бұрын
Sofi Nencini ikr
@volcanofungu1185
5 жыл бұрын
It's true
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!!
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
7 жыл бұрын
You want to be in the room where it happens? (me too)
@ladyrandom7080
5 жыл бұрын
I agreed with you, buddy 👍🏾
@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
3 жыл бұрын
@@slightlysmall AHAHAHA UNDERRATED COMMENT
It's amazing how you can almost hear the heart beat just by watching their dance moves
We need a breakdown to every single choreography aka all the songs
@sofiacastorena700
3 жыл бұрын
YES PLEASE, SIGN ME UP
@jcthefluteman
2 жыл бұрын
Especially You'll Be Back
The heartbeat TOTALLY makes sense.
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
5 жыл бұрын
I watched this in Buffalo and couldn't figure out what to focus on. It was awe inspiring.
@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
I love how every move means something! It really helps remember the routine as a dancer. Amazing
Ok I'm gonna start a dance class that only teaches the Hamilton choreography Who wants to join?
@sydneyfearncombe6190
7 жыл бұрын
Jadecherry 505 Meeeeee!
@charlzee
6 жыл бұрын
Hmu 😂
@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.
6 жыл бұрын
That honestly would be amazing.
@bruno404__3
5 жыл бұрын
@@sydneyfearncombe6190 meee
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
5 жыл бұрын
Mc Kenna ikr same
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
7 жыл бұрын
Me Too XD
@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
yALL but in satisfied and helpless the ballroom dancing in the background is amazing
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.
So much thought has gone into every moment. This is why every component of this musical is magic.
now i spend all my free time learning this.
@BetteDavis19
7 жыл бұрын
RIGHT. haha hope it went well!
This makes me miss my dance classes so much!!!!!
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
I love how you can see how much passion and sentiment he puts into his every move 😍😍😍
I really want the choreography for non-stop
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!
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
6 жыл бұрын
have you seen Andy's My Shot video? kzread.info/dash/bejne/iKGNttWIotG9gJM.html
@mhmm5264
3 жыл бұрын
omg you’re 17 now
Needed this
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.
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
I would watch an entire documentary on the choreo pls make it happen!!
This is so beautiful.
Absolutely brilliant. Everytime I watch the show, I notice more nuances with the choreography. I really appreciate this break down of the steps
I love his constant WHOOMPS and WHAMS
I wanna know about every single move of every one and what it means. Damn it. Can this be a Netflix show? please?
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!
I want to see how they did the chore for Satisfied with the slow-mo reversal
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
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!
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
Love the moves and the sound effect he is adding when he shows the moves! Artttt gives me lifeeee
Wow no wonder I love this show when not only the lyrics and music but the choreography has been thought through so beautifully 😍
I need to rewatch the musical just for the choreography now
I NEED MORE
i love everything about this show so much. there is just so much talent within the cast and crew and im just amazed
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.
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.
that's incredible that there's a story behind every move.
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.
It’s amazing that every move is intentional, I stan with the crowd that we need videos like this for every song
Wow. So much thought behind every move! Thank you!
I could listen to him all day talking about every move. So, so interesting to hear his ideas.
I love that there is a story and meaning behind every move
I am in love with this choreography. It is a wonderful idea of moves towards the song
Me: Stubs my toe "I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory-"
That was so fascinating. Thx so much fir sharing
My thoughts exactly MC. Fascinating. Made me go back and really watch it.
I love seeing these!
Wow I love this! Andy is such a genius. I’ve always been so intrigued by Hamilton’s choreography
YES THANKS YOU FOR BREAKING THIS DOWN FOR ME I NEEDED IT SO MUCH
Just found this and need more
Andy. Alex. Tommy. Lin-Manuel. The four geniuses of Broadway.
Love u Andy
It’s a very choreographer/dancer thing to “whomp” every move haha love it
I wish my teacher would play this smol documentary of choreography of Hamilton.
I'm so learning this, even though I've never done hip hop dancing before and don't really know what I'm doing
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!
Thank you, thank you!!
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
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
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
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.
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.
6 жыл бұрын
I’m not a dancer but when it comes to shows I’m all in XD
I'm spending my summer learning this omg
Absolutely fascinating.
amazing
wow. he's amazing..
SO GOOD UGH
I really wish I could dance now.
I had no idea so much thought went into this, bravo.
It's amazing how every single movement means something.
@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.
Wow, no pensé que le pusieran tanto significado a la coreografía. Todos en el cast de Hamilton son una especie de semidioses ❤️
I WANT MORE!!!!!
this is so freaking cool i want think for all the songs
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).
Amazing
I. NEED. MORE.
I am going to learn this.
The thought process 👌
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
7 жыл бұрын
i mean same lol
@sydneyfearncombe6190
7 жыл бұрын
SingenStatt Atmen Good Luck! 👋👋
@td-js6fd
7 жыл бұрын
SingenStatt Atmen I relate so much to this comment 😂
@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
6 жыл бұрын
Anna Lee Oof you right
Awesome! Where's the rest? I'll wait.
I just want to do Hamilton dance covers.
i like his sound affects
This helped so much I had to choreograph a broadway musical easily done
very cool I like it
I need a breakdown of all the choreography in Hamilton ASAP!!
I just love the wum-s
Watching this til I get it
I think it was fun to get to know Hammy through a musical
Their movements are so fast, precise and accurate that you can hear the little "woosh" of the air!
Tat was Soooo Coooool!
I always thought dance was cool but I never understood the poetry of their movements. This is amazing.
I swear to god I'm memorizing all of his videos
Genius!
Battle of Yorktown is my favorite song from Hamilton. When do violins go into the riffs.
'Boom boom phw gah gah' - Andy Blankenbuehler 2k17
So when can we expect the 12-hour dance doco from Andy?