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It's the emotional trigger points that are important to me because I know if I could believe in the characters and try and imagine how they felt then I'd be able to do something quite honest.

Graeme Murphy

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Graeme Murphy
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: November 2
Choreographer
Melbourne
Australia
Graeme Lloyd Murphy
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Dance
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