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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 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.
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.
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.
