But I also wanted to give them an intelligent emotional journey, without having to suspend reality - to be able to look at those characters and see reasons for the relationships and why what happens happens.

Honours
On 26 January 1988 Murphy was named an Member of the Order of Australia for "his service to ballet. He began his career as a student at the Australian Ballet School at the age of fourteen. Graeme Lloyd Murphy AO (born 2 November 1950) is an Australian dance choreographer.

Together with his fellow dancer (and wife since 2004) Janet Vernon he has guided Sydney Dance Company to become one of Australia's most successful and well-known dance companies. Graeme Lloyd Murphy AO (born 2 November 1950) is an Australian dance choreographer.