choreographers

Movement sequence creators

Choreographers are people who create and arrange dance movements for performances.

The term extends beyond dance to anyone who plans and coordinates complex sequences of movement or action: the choreographers of the military operation, She served as one of the choreographers for the opening ceremony.

A choreographer may work in ballet, theater, film, music videos, or figure skating.

direction

staging

Preparing for presentation

audition · notation · cue · pacing · ensemble · formation · spacing · transition · coaching · instruction

genres

ballet

Classical dance on pointe

tap · flamenco · ballroom · lyrical · modern · folk · salsa · tango · waltz · kathak

movement

sequence

Ordered succession of elements

routine · timing · synchronization · flow · pattern · coordination · count · dynamics · levels · canon

creative

artistry

Exceptional creative skill

originality · vision · storytelling · expression · interpretation · conceptualization · ingenuity · composition · aesthetics · motif

performance

premiere

First public performance

concert · repertoire · curtain call · ovation · stage · spotlight · costume · score · company · troupe

Categories
Opposites
creative control vs. execution

choreographersdancers

People who move rhythmically

performers · ballet dancers · corps de ballet · backup dancers · interpreters

movement creation vs. stillness/stasis

choreographerssculptors

Artists who shape forms

photographers

movement design vs. movement destruction/stillness

choreographersimmobilizers

Devices preventing movement

constrainers · statues

Phrases
Family

choreographer, choreographed

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