Definition of Choreograph

1. Verb. Compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music. "Did he choreograph his major works over a short period of time?"; "Balanchine choreographed many pieces to Stravinsky's music"

Category relationships: Dance
Generic synonyms: Create, Make
Derivative terms: Choreographer

2. Verb. Plan and oversee the development and details of. "The meeting between the two Presidents had been carefully choreographed"

Definition of Choreograph

1. Verb. To design and record the choreography for a dramatic work such as a ballet ¹

2. Verb. To direct the development of a project; to orchestrate ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Choreograph

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Choreograph

choregi
choregic
choregus
choreguses
choreic
choreic abasia
choreic movement
choreics
choreiform
choreiform movement
choreman
choremen
choreo-
choreoathetoid
choreoathetosis
choreograph (current term)
choreographed
choreographer
choreographers
choreographic
choreographically
choreographies
choreographing
choreographist
choreographists
choreographs
choreography
choreoid
choreology
choreophrasia

Literary usage of Choreograph

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1910)
"The dances in most of these ballets were arranged by her father, then choreograph at the Opéra. She danced in London, both in 1830 and 1831, at the King's ..."

2. Teaching the Best Practice Way: Methods That Matter, K-12 by Harvey Daniels, Marilyn Bizar (2005)
"While one group did their artwork in a classroom, the other met with me to choreograph dances of selected family histories in a performance space. ..."

3. The Sewanee Review by University of the South (1896)
"... in which, by an ingenious arrangement on the part of the choreograph, the evolutions of the dancers spelt out the names of the royal family and titles, ..."

4. Shakspere's Predecessors in the English Drama by John Addington Symonds (1900)
"They were assisted by an Italian composer, Alfonso Ferrabosco, who wrote the music ; and by an English choreograph, Thomas Giles, who arranged the dances ..."

5. The Fortnightly Review (1875)
"plastiques in some pantomime, which an enlightened choreograph, in combination with an enterprising manager, might design to represent the Garden of Eden on ..."

6. Divide and Rule: State-sponsored Ethnic Violence in Kenya by Binaifer Nowrojee, Human Rights Watch (Organization), Bronwen Manby, Africa Watch Committee (1993)
"THE RELEASE OF THE 201—MAY 24, 1989 SWAPO attempted to choreograph the release of the 201 whose detention it had publicly acknowledged. ..."

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