2009 Tony Awards - Billy Elliott

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[@morganivyamanda]

so many people don't understand the beauty of this show.

[@daryleisenberg6102]

😅yea it is truly AMAZING

[@SilverInsanity]

To incorporate Swan Lake into the music is genius. Especially as (in the movie at least) Billy ends up dancing in Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake, I think. The dancing is brilliant.

[@charlotted1321]

I'd have a sore throat after all that screaming jeez props to him and all the Billy's that have to do thay

[@EllaHeartsMusic]

probably the best angry dance i've ever seen by any Billy.

[@eriksmine]

Goosebumps! Thumbs up if you had goosebumps while watching this performance!;)))

[@CurtainsAreAwesome]

God Elton you dont just tell someone their moms dead

[@Straw2daberry]

What an honor it must be to be the one to represent the show at the Tony's.

[@baileybieganek2446]

This kid killed the beginning, but I personally think Elliot Hannah was much more passionate through his dance. This boy was more controlled. Might just be his take on the dance or better technique, but I just love Elliot's version!

[@DragonPrincessAoife]

He's not meant to be controlled at this point in the show, it's about his raw talent.

[@baileybieganek2446]

@@DragonPrincessAoife Exactly, that was what I meant! Elliott is less controlled with his performance which is more true to the character I think

[@DragonPrincessAoife]

@@baileybieganek2446 I missread.

[@karmen181]

Elliot is my absolute favorite billy !! He is so so special

[@Volts48]

Yeah, Footloose it Billy!

[@gopgoddess]

You can look at the freeform dancing and the grunting and say WTF is this but the group section of the number has to be absolutely precise and on point which is very hard to do. It just shows what you can do in musical theater nowadays. I liked it a lot.

[@intheatremode]

Stop complaining about the sounds he's making! Don't you people understand it adds to the brilliance of the scene?

[@disneyrini23]

Music therapy when you think about it.

[@harajukukevin6657]

Wow....I'm speechless....

[@Cort824]

OMG this was do amazing I think I'm in love!

[@RealityXOnlooker]

This is my favorite musical :D

[@kaylafrench9235]

The music they used for Angry Dance in the Australian productions is sooooo much better, much more passionate! Maybe I'm biased cause I was a ballet girl in the sydney season but still I stand by my opinion!

[@AussieHobbit]

was actually thinking the same. I remember seeing it in Melbourne and being totally amazed at this scene. Maybe its just more powerful in the theatre then on screen?

[@Justlov4]

The dancing is amazing. He is a great little dancer! As for the grunting I was annoyed the first time watching, but I think he will only get better as time goes on.

[@LiarDivine]

Jesus that was bloody fantastic!

[@dariiik]

i cannot imagine 4 minutes over of intensed dancing until I saw this! this is good! and that is why I love Broadway!!

[@HappyWeirdo3]

i can only imagine how hard it is to tap dance against a wall. that looked difficult to do.

[@daryleisenberg6102]

Yea

[@ksmit135]

Best scene in the movie and in the musical.

[@LaurieAnnish]

This is one of the best route

[@ElphabaThorpp]

lol, you can see his knee pads. He's so cute. And his grunting makes it all the more cuter. God i love this show and it's music.

[@toreadorable]

@NinjaNutmeg27 It's actually a Geordie accent, and yes, all the boy's who've appeared on B'way have been coached to mimic that accent (some more successfully than others, of course).

[@mangosrock908]

@theatredork4ever Not uh wow wtf... More like Wow that was amazing! You have to see the show to understand. He lost his mom, his community is on strike, he is poor, his family is fighting, and his father doesn't approve of him doing what he loves... The grunting and screaming is part of it all.

[@hugoarr12]

Incredible dancing, incredible energy and life. Well deserved award but honestly, not my cup of tea. Billy Elliot is a fantastic show nonetheless.

[@goodyougetastar]

at 3:36, you can see people backstage. but why the hell am i paying attention to that when there is awesomeness going on on-stage?

[@mangosrock908]

@NinjaNutmeg27 I saw it a few weeks ago they sue the liverpool accents... It was really great!!

[@mrd4518]

it makes sense in the context of the show...billy is angry because he just missed his audition at the royal ballet school and the miners' strike riots are going on at the same time, and he dances his anger out. it is the most intense scene in the show and this performance is amazing but it wasn't a good choice. they were going to perform 'solidarity' which makes much more sense to promote the show, but there was some problem and the tony organisers made them change it last minute.

[@britttaaannny]

if you freeze @ 3:37 you can see the backstage crew, haha

[@virtualsophiatv]

is that the kid from Modern Family?

[@PuppetDumbledore]

It's kind of hard not to. I mean, that's what people are going to remember about the performance because that particular element set it apart from the others. I just don't think that it was the best number to represent the musical.

[@BrickMania2]

at the risk of offending by saying "wtf is with all the groaning" I'm just gonna say I've never seen the show. does billy have a sort of disease that makes him have extreme anger or is that just his natural reaction?

[@EmmaCatherineL]

Let me see. His mom is dead. His dad and big brother lost their jobs in the mine. His dream of getting out of there has just been crushed through no fault of his own, and he can't do ANYTHING about it. All the adults are fighting around him, and how all world is crumbling. I've seen American boys shoot classmates for much less!

[@BrickMania2]

thats definitely worth of groaning haha. thank you for telling me

[@jzozobrado1]

Talk about anger management...

[@emmathrelfall7722]

Is this tom Holland’s billy?

[@chantalxoxo119]

No

[@LaurieAnnish]

*routines I've seen

[@sora201]

yeah i agree. this kid is absolutely amazing but the screams get a bit annoying after a while... @_@

[@entengpol]

OMG! isn't that brilliant?

[@PuppetDumbledore]

This was my least favorite performance of the night. Random yelling and grunting just doesn't seem to make me interested in seeing the show. It's too bad they've done Electricity every other TV appearance, because that number would have been a lot better.