choreographing
Designing dance sequences
Choreographing is composing or arranging dance movements for a performance: She spent months choreographing the ballet.
The word extends to any careful orchestration of complex elements: choreographing a military operation, choreographing a product launch.
The implication is deliberate coordination of many moving parts into a unified sequence.
Impeding forward progress
- positioningArranging in specific locations
- spacingInterval arrangement between objects
- formationCreation or arrangement
- entrancePoint of access
exit · transitions · pathways · levels · groupings · floor pattern · lifts · partnering
Arranged elements forming whole
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- visionAbility to see
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- interpretationAssigned meaning
expression · dynamics · musicality · flow · phrasing · style · aesthetics · emotion
Rate of musical performance
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- countsTotals or matters
- timingArt of choosing moments
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
pulse · meter · accent · phrase · musicality · downbeat · upbeat · measure
Classical dance on pointe
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- hip-hopRhythmic spoken-word music
- contemporaryOf the present age
- ballroomVenue for formal dances
tango · salsa · waltz · flamenco · tap · lyrical · kathak · swing
Pre-performance practice session
- notationSystem of written symbols
- countsTotals or matters
- phrasesConnected word groups
- motifsRecurring thematic elements
improvisation · workshopping · revision · collaboration · demonstration · mirroring · marking · run-through
One who leads
- costumesClothes for assuming roles
- lightingArt of illuminating spaces
- set designCrafting theatrical environments
- soundAudible wave phenomenon
props · rehearsal schedule · casting · audition · premiere · performance · company · troupe
blocking
Impeding forward progress
- positioningArranging in specific locations
- spacingInterval arrangement between objects
- formationCreation or arrangement
entrance · exit · transitions · pathways · levels · groupings · floor pattern · lifts · partnering · timing
composition
Arranged elements forming whole
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- visionAbility to see
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
interpretation · expression · dynamics · musicality · flow · phrasing · style · aesthetics · emotion · narrative
tempo
Rate of musical performance
syncopation · pulse · meter · accent · phrase · musicality · downbeat · upbeat · measure · cadence
ballet
Classical dance on pointe
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- hip-hopRhythmic spoken-word music
- contemporaryOf the present age
ballroom · tango · salsa · waltz · flamenco · tap · lyrical · kathak · swing · foxtrot
rehearsal
Pre-performance practice session
motifs · improvisation · workshopping · revision · collaboration · demonstration · mirroring · marking · run-through · tech rehearsal
director
One who leads
- costumesClothes for assuming roles
- lightingArt of illuminating spaces
- set designCrafting theatrical environments
sound · props · rehearsal schedule · casting · audition · premiere · performance · company · troupe · concert
choreographingimprovising
Creating spontaneously without plan
ad-libbing · winging it · freestyling · extemporizing · jamming
choreographingflailing
Uncontrolled limb movement
stumbling · randomizing · disorganizing · scrambling · fumbling
choreographingfollowing
Coming after another
obeying · letting loose · going with the flow · liberating · unleashing