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choreography

[kawr-ee-og-ruh-fee, kohr-]

noun

  1. the art of composing ballets and other dances and planning and arranging the movements, steps, and patterns of dancers.

  2. the technique of representing the various movements in dancing by a system of notation.

  3. the arrangement or manipulation of actions leading up to an event.

    the choreography of a surprise birthday party.



choreography

/ ˌkɒrɪəˈɡræfɪk, ˌkɒrɪˈɒɡrəfɪ, kɒˈrɛɡrəfɪ, ˌkɒrəˈɡræfɪk /

noun

  1. the composition of dance steps and sequences for ballet and stage dancing

  2. the steps and sequences of a ballet or dance

  3. the notation representing such steps

  4. the art of dancing

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

choreography

  1. The art of arranging dance movements for performance.

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • choreographic adjective
  • choreographically adverb
  • ˌǰˈDz noun
  • ˌǰˈ󾱳 adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of choreography1

1780–90; < Greek chore- (stem of ǰí chorea ) + -o- + -graphy
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of choreography1

C18: from Greek khoreia dance + -graphy
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In many respects, the set played like an extended remix of her triumphant Glastonbury performance last year - full of pin-sharp choreography and fiercely futuristic pop.

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Foothills and valleys, groves and canyons, even the mesas, plateaus and plains of the Sierra and the Central Valley — Lehrer calls all of it a “choreography of place.”

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When the big rig departed the San Mateo County Event Center that night, it touched off a complex choreography that culminated at an Interstate 5 truck stop about 70 miles north of Los Angeles.

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By the time we got to choreography, it just felt somewhat fluid and easy because moving in that way was already in my body.

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It’s a choreography that you work out, getting an idea of where they want the camera to go, and the opportunity to embody the space ourselves.

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