Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements in which motion, form, or both are specified. Choreography may also refer to the design itself, which is sometimes expressed by means of dance notation. The word choreography literally means "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" (circular dance, see choreia) and "γραφή" (writing). A choreographer is one who creates choreographies.
The term choreography first appeared in the American English dictionary in the 1950s.[1] Prior to this, movie credits used various terms to mean choreography, such as "ensembles staged by"[2] and "dances staged by".[3]
Choreography is used in the fields of cheerleading, cinematography, dance, gymnastics, fashion shows, ice skating, marching band, show choir, theatre, and synchronized swimming.
In dance, choreography is also known as dance composition. Dance compositions are created by applying one or both of these fundamental choreographic techniques:
Choreographic techniques are: mirroring (facing each other and doing the same), retrograge (doing a range of moves in exactly the same order but backwards), cannon (a group of people doing the same move but one after the other), levels (people higher and lower in a dance), shadowing (stood behind each other doing the same moves), unison (two or more people doing a range of moves at the same time).
Dynamics are: fast, slow, hard, soft, long, short.
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