choreography

English

WOTD – 8 October 2012

Etymology

Borrowed from French chorégraphie, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek χορεία (khoreía, “dance”) + γραφία (graphía, “written form (of a word, etc.), spelling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔɹ.iˈɒɡ.ɹə.fi/

• Audio (AU):

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Noun

choreography (countable and uncountable, plural choreographies)

1. (uncountable) The art of creating, arranging and recording the dance movements of a work, such as a ballet.

   She has staged many successful ballets, so her choreography skills must be excellent.

   1. (by extension) The art of creating and arranging sequences of movement for performances of any kind, such as in fight choreography.
2. (uncountable) The dance steps, sequences or styles peculiar to a work, group, performance or institution.

   The show's singing and acting was excellent, but the choreography was dull and poorly-done.

3. The representation of these movements by a series of symbols.

   I've written down the choreography for y'all to take a look at.

4. The notation used to construct this record.

   Take a look at this, it's the choreography for our next show.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• choreograph
• choreographer

• choreographic
• fight choreography

Translations

art

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: coreografia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舞蹈設計／舞蹈设计 (wǔdǎo shèjì), 舞蹈设计 (wǔdǎo shèjì), 編舞／编舞 (zh) (biānwǔ), 编舞 (zh) (biānwǔ)

• Czech: choreografie f
• Finnish: koreografia (fi)
• French: chorégraphie (fr) f
• German: Choreographie (de) f, Choreografie (de) f
• Greek: χορογραφία (el) f (chorografía)
• Hungarian: koreográfia (hu)
• Irish: cóiréagrafaíocht f, córagrafaíocht f
• Italian: coreografia (it) f
• Japanese: 振付 (ふりつけ, furitsuke), 振り付け (ふりつけ, furitsuke)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 안무 (ko) (anmu) (按舞 (ko))
• Malay: koreografi
• Marathi: नृत्यदिग्दर्शन n (nrutya digdarshan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: koreografi m

  Nynorsk: koreografi m

• Polish: choreografia (pl) f
• Portuguese: coreografia (pt) f
• Russian: хореогра́фия (ru) f (xoreográfija)
• Slovak: choreografia f
• Spanish: coreografía (es) f
• Swedish: koreografi (sv) c
• Turkish: koreografi (tr)
• Ukrainian: хореографія f (xoreohrafija)

representation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: choreografie f
• Finnish: koreografia (fi)
• German: Choreografie (de) f
• Hungarian: koreográfia (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: cóiréagrafaíocht f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: koreografi m

  Nynorsk: koreografi m

• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: coreografía (es) f

notation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: choreografie f
• Finnish: koreografia (fi)
• Hungarian: koreográfia (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: cóiréagrafaíocht f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: koreografi m

  Nynorsk: koreografi m

• Russian: please add this translation if you can

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} chorégraphie (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Further reading

• choreography on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “choreography”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.