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For me it was really important to get the essence out of the music for the story and not, sort of, press the music into the service of the whimsical telling of it.

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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