Choreograph
verb
To create and arrange the movement in a performance, like dances in a ballet.
The director asked her to choreograph the dance for the final scene.
Often appears as...
- choreograph a dance
- choreograph a routine
verb
To plan out or oversee actions, events or procedures carefully.
The event was well choreographed and went smoothly.
Often appears as...
- choreograph a meeting
- choreograph activities
verb
To create and arrange the movement in a performance, like dances in a ballet.
The director asked her to choreograph the dance for the final scene.
Often appears as...
- choreograph a dance
- choreograph a routine
verb
To plan out or oversee actions, events or procedures carefully.
The event was well choreographed and went smoothly.
Often appears as...
- choreograph a meeting
- choreograph activities
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Artistic Creation
Used when discussing the creation of artistic movements in performances.
She will choreograph an exquisite solo for the lead dancer.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Dance
Refers to designing movements for any performance, including theater or figure skating.
The fight scenes in the play were choreographed with precision.
Pro Tip 3/3Visible Patterns
Emphasizes the visual aspect of arranged movements that can be seen by an audience.
The group's routine was choreographed to form a human pyramid.
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Biz Stone on Social...
other pub that's quieter and he had sent out the tweet to his followers they said good idea sent it out to theirs in a very short amount of time it created this sort of flock of humans the visual that came to mind was that of a flock of birds in flight something that looks incredibly choreographed incredibly
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How I climbed a...
Partially, that was to help me remember all the holds, but mostly visualization was about feeling the texture of each hold in my hand and imagining the sensation of my leg reaching out and placing my foot just so. I'd imagine it all like a choreographed dance thousands of feet up.
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How to find a wonderful...
Last year we did a dance in zero gravity, and once we set up an obstacle course out of thousands of musical instruments in the desert, and then played them by stunt driving a car through them. For one of the videos, we choreographed hundreds of people with umbrellas
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What is déjà vu? What is...
A scene in a restaurant plays out exactly as you remember. The world moves like a ballet you've choreographed, but the sequence can't be based on a past experience because you've never eaten here before. This is the first time you've had clams, so what's going on?
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Data: Art that informs PIPE...
data we need us helps us to look in directly at the data by using handcrafted algorithms and the data-driven unpredictability I wanted to use data to inform the artwork rather than choreograph in it because I'm interested in how we can experience the
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Designing for social...
Google he created this playful interactive artwork that enables people to choreograph light on the sculpture to paint the sky I set out to bring my art to daily life at the scale of the city beyond the walls of any institution it's
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The origins of ballet -...
and choreographed display at aristocratic gatherings. In many aspects, it was a way of controlling people in court with acceptable forms of behavior, such as the manner in which people stepped, bowed, or took someone's hand.
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The history of...
A social dance isn't choreographed by any one person. It can't be traced to any one moment. Each dance has steps that everyone can agree on, but it's about the individual and their creative identity. Because of that,
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How rollercoasters...
building potential energy on ascents and expending kinetic energy on descents. This rhythm repeats throughout the ride, acting out the coaster engineer’s choreographed dance of gravitational energy.
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Sudan Kob Singles Bat PIPE...
and a chemically choreographed dance of mutual seduction begins
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Biz Stone on Social...
other pub that's quieter and he had sent out the tweet to his followers they said good idea sent it out to theirs in a very short amount of time it created this sort of flock of humans the visual that came to mind was that of a flock of birds in flight something that looks incredibly choreographed incredibly
Video examples
How I climbed a...
Partially, that was to help me remember all the holds, but mostly visualization was about feeling the texture of each hold in my hand and imagining the sensation of my leg reaching out and placing my foot just so. I'd imagine it all like a choreographed dance thousands of feet up.
Video examples
How to find a wonderful...
Last year we did a dance in zero gravity, and once we set up an obstacle course out of thousands of musical instruments in the desert, and then played them by stunt driving a car through them. For one of the videos, we choreographed hundreds of people with umbrellas
Video examples
What is déjà vu? What is...
A scene in a restaurant plays out exactly as you remember. The world moves like a ballet you've choreographed, but the sequence can't be based on a past experience because you've never eaten here before. This is the first time you've had clams, so what's going on?
Video examples
Data: Art that informs PIPE...
data we need us helps us to look in directly at the data by using handcrafted algorithms and the data-driven unpredictability I wanted to use data to inform the artwork rather than choreograph in it because I'm interested in how we can experience the
Video examples
Designing for social...
Google he created this playful interactive artwork that enables people to choreograph light on the sculpture to paint the sky I set out to bring my art to daily life at the scale of the city beyond the walls of any institution it's
Video examples
The origins of ballet -...
and choreographed display at aristocratic gatherings. In many aspects, it was a way of controlling people in court with acceptable forms of behavior, such as the manner in which people stepped, bowed, or took someone's hand.
Video examples
The history of...
A social dance isn't choreographed by any one person. It can't be traced to any one moment. Each dance has steps that everyone can agree on, but it's about the individual and their creative identity. Because of that,
Video examples
How rollercoasters...
building potential energy on ascents and expending kinetic energy on descents. This rhythm repeats throughout the ride, acting out the coaster engineer’s choreographed dance of gravitational energy.
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Sudan Kob Singles Bat PIPE...
and a chemically choreographed dance of mutual seduction begins
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Benjamin Bratt
American Actor
Well, for me, the real excitement of doing physical things in films, whether you're talking about a fight scene or a stunt sequence or even a love scene, for that matter, is by necessity it has to be choreographed very much like a dance. That being said, you have to rehearse it over and over again and find a mathematical precision.
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Pina Bausch
German Dancer
When I first began choreographing, I never thought of it as choreography but as expressing feelings. Though every piece is different, they are all trying to get at certain things that are difficult to put into words. In the work, everything belongs to everything else - the music, the set, the movement and whatever is said.
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Laurieann Gibson
Canadian Director
Boom' is my heart. The 'kack' is my soul. Apparently when I choreographed I didn't realize that I said 'boom-kack' 'boom-kack.' I had no idea I was doing it and then I realized that it's every time I felt like the fight in my soul - the boom and the kack - was like my heart. It was like the love of it - my heart and soul.
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Lorrie Moore
American Writer
To me, writing is much freer than dancing. With writing, you could do it whenever you wanted. You didn't have to do little exercises and stay in shape. You could have great moments of inspiration that advanced the story. In dance, unless you're going to choreograph things yourself, you're at the service of someone else.
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Misty Copeland
American Dancer
Ballet found me, I guess you could say. I was discovered by a teacher in middle school. I always danced my whole life. I never had any training, never was exposed to seeing dance, but I always had something inside of me. I would love to choreograph and dance around.
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Ram Gopal Varma
Indian Director
D' is about a guy who starts off somewhere, and he's a very thinking kind of a guy. He's not an emotional person; he doesn't react to situations. Instead, he's virtually choreographing the situations. So it's a development of a character.
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Morley
American Artist
What really shifted my understanding of my potential placement in the world of art is when I had a chance to choreograph a show for... It was just this incredible production with all these masters.
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Margot Robbie
Australian Actress
Being irrational and out of control is what happens in real life. Not cautiously choreographing your anger or your emotions, losing yourself in them is what happens in real life.
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Sue Monk Kidd
American Writer
Gradually it occurred to me that we spend a great deal of life asleep and that dreams are little narratives, little stories. I thought, 'Who's choreographing this stuff?
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David Leitch
American Actor
Choreographing a fight scene is telling a little story. You learn a lot about the characters involved.
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Benjamin Bratt
American Actor
Well, for me, the real excitement of doing physical things in films, whether you're talking about a fight scene or a stunt sequence or even a love scene, for that matter, is by necessity it has to be choreographed very much like a dance. That being said, you have to rehearse it over and over again and find a mathematical precision.
Quote examples
Pina Bausch
German Dancer
When I first began choreographing, I never thought of it as choreography but as expressing feelings. Though every piece is different, they are all trying to get at certain things that are difficult to put into words. In the work, everything belongs to everything else - the music, the set, the movement and whatever is said.
Quote examples
Laurieann Gibson
Canadian Director
Boom' is my heart. The 'kack' is my soul. Apparently when I choreographed I didn't realize that I said 'boom-kack' 'boom-kack.' I had no idea I was doing it and then I realized that it's every time I felt like the fight in my soul - the boom and the kack - was like my heart. It was like the love of it - my heart and soul.
Quote examples
Lorrie Moore
American Writer
To me, writing is much freer than dancing. With writing, you could do it whenever you wanted. You didn't have to do little exercises and stay in shape. You could have great moments of inspiration that advanced the story. In dance, unless you're going to choreograph things yourself, you're at the service of someone else.
Quote examples
Misty Copeland
American Dancer
Ballet found me, I guess you could say. I was discovered by a teacher in middle school. I always danced my whole life. I never had any training, never was exposed to seeing dance, but I always had something inside of me. I would love to choreograph and dance around.
Quote examples
Ram Gopal Varma
Indian Director
D' is about a guy who starts off somewhere, and he's a very thinking kind of a guy. He's not an emotional person; he doesn't react to situations. Instead, he's virtually choreographing the situations. So it's a development of a character.
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Morley
American Artist
What really shifted my understanding of my potential placement in the world of art is when I had a chance to choreograph a show for... It was just this incredible production with all these masters.
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Margot Robbie
Australian Actress
Being irrational and out of control is what happens in real life. Not cautiously choreographing your anger or your emotions, losing yourself in them is what happens in real life.
Quote examples
Sue Monk Kidd
American Writer
Gradually it occurred to me that we spend a great deal of life asleep and that dreams are little narratives, little stories. I thought, 'Who's choreographing this stuff?
Quote examples
David Leitch
American Actor
Choreographing a fight scene is telling a little story. You learn a lot about the characters involved.
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