choreograph

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒɹiəɡɹɑːf/, /ˈkɒɹiəɡɹæf/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹjəɡɹæf/

Verb

choreograph (third-person singular simple present choreographs, present participle choreographing, simple past and past participle choreographed)

1. To design and record the choreography for a dramatic work such as a ballet
2. To direct the development of a project; to orchestrate
   • 18 November 2014, Daniel Taylor, “England and Wayne Rooney see off Scotland in their own back yard”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     England’s response came in the form of the brilliantly choreographed move that concluded with Wayne Rooney’s second goal and the kind of outstanding football that was beyond their opponents.

Related terms

• choreographer
• choreography

Translations

to design and record a choreography

• Catalan: coreografiar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 编舞 (zh) (biānwǔ)

• Finnish: suunnitella koreografia
• Greek: χορογραφώ (el) (chorografó)
• Hungarian: koreografál (hu)
• Portuguese: coreografar
• Spanish: coreografiar (es)
• Swedish: koreografera (sv)

to direct the development of a project

• Finnish: johtaa projektia
• Greek: χορογραφώ (el) (chorografó)
• Portuguese: dirigir (pt), gerenciar (pt), gerir (pt), protagonizar