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An American choreographer, born Milton Greenwald, who pioneered the "integrated musical," in which dance carries the plot forward rather than pausing it, most famously in the barn-raising sequence of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, a number still cited as among the most exhilarating ever filmed. He became the first choreographer to win five Tony Awards and received an honorary Oscar in 1996 for his contributions to dance in film, having drawn on the influences of Charlie Chaplin and Léonide Massine across five decades of Broadway and Hollywood musicals.