Did you know Happy Feet uses real dancers for all of its musical sequences? While the characters themselves might be computer-generated, the dance numbers are so integral to the heart of the film it was decided to animate them using motion capture. All of the dancers had to educate themselves on penguins in order to better mimic their movement styles, and even donned special headwear to simulate the feeling of dancing with a beak!
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