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Choreography (literally "dance-writing", also known as "dance composition"), is the art of making structures in which movement occurs. The term Composition may also refer to the Navigation or connection of these movement structures. The resulting movement structure may also be referred to as the choreography. People who create choreographies are called Choreographers .


ORIGIN


The term choregoraphy first appeared in the American English dictionary in the 1950 s.
Prior to this, movie credits normally stated "Ensembles Staged by",

"Dances",

"Dance Director",

"Dances Staged by",

"Musical Numbers Directed by",

or "Musical Numbers Staged and Directed by"
.


SETTINGS

Although used mainly for Dance , choreography is also used in:


And many other activities involving Human Movement .


LANGUAGE AND NOTATION

See Also: Dance notation




CHOREOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES


One choreographic technique is improvisation.


Improvisation




SEE ALSO




REFERENCES



FURTHER READING


  • Blom, L, A. and Tarin Chaplin, L. (1989) ''The Intimate Act of Choreography''. Dance Books. ISBN 0-8229-5342-0

  • Ellfeldt, L. (1998) ''A Primer for Choreographers'' . Waveland Press. ISBN 0-88133-350-6

  • Minton, S, C. (1997) ''Choreography: A Basic Approach Using Improvisation''. Human Kinetics . ISBN 0-88011-529-7

  • Tufnell, M. and Vaughan, D. (1999) ''Body Space Image : Notes Toward Improvisation and Performance''. Princeton Book Co. ISBN 1-85273-041-2

  • Smith-Autard, J, M. (2000) ''Dance Composition''. Routledge. ISBN 0-87830-118-6



EXTERNAL LINKS

  • BBC Blast Find out how to become a choreographer with BBC Blast.

  • Choreograph.net is an online forum about the emerging aesthetics of choreography

  • choreography Website

  • About-creativity.com An interview with choreographer Natalie Marrone, 4/6/07

  • [http://worldfordance.blogspot.com/search/label/Styles%20dance.%20Latin%20American%20Dance Latin American Dance blog]