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verb
- 1. compose the sequence of steps and moves for (a ballet or other performance of dance): "the ballet was choreographed by Diaghilev"
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CHOREOGRAPH definition: 1. to plan the combination of movements to be performed in a dance: 2. to plan an event or course…. Learn more.
: to arrange or direct the movements, progress, or details of. a carefully choreographed meeting. intransitive verb. : to engage in choreography. choreographer. ˌkȯr-ē-ˈä-grə-fər. noun. Synonyms. arrange. blueprint. budget. calculate. chart. design. frame.
verb (used with object) to provide the choreography for: to choreograph a musical comedy. to manage, maneuver, or direct: The author is a genius at choreographing a large cast of characters.
To choreograph is to make a dance, designing each move for a dancer to perform. Some dancers choreograph their own dances, although usually a choreographer does it. A dance, whether ballet or bhangra, is made up of a sequence of movements and steps — when you plan those movements, you choreograph.
choreograph British English : choreograph VERB / ˈkɒrɪəɡrɑːf / When someone choreographs a ballet or other dance, they invent the steps and movements and tell the dancers how to perform them.
choreograph something to design and arrange the steps and movements for dancers in a ballet or a show. She choreographed several ballets for the company. (figurative) There was some carefully choreographed flag-waving as the President drove by.
1. To create the choreography of: choreograph a ballet. 2. To plan out or oversee the movement, development, or details of; orchestrate: aides who choreographed the candidate's tour. v.intr. To specialize in choreography. cho′re·og′ra·pher (-ŏg′rə-fər) n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
