choreographer

[ kawr-ee-og-ruh-fer, kohr- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person who creates dance compositions and plans and arranges dance movements and patterns for dances and especially for ballets.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of choreographer¹

First recorded in 1885–90; choreograph(y) + -er ¹

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Example Sentences

“She feels the movement, like, in her soul,” said Das, UCLA’s floor choreographer.

From Los Angeles Times

A dance choreographer, he tells me he came to Germany from Ghana aged 13 while Prathep describes how he was born in the city.

From BBC

But I also worked with a great choreographer, Gregory Butler, who worked with me on Broadway, too.

From Los Angeles Times

The choreographer Kyle Abraham is full of anxiety and fear, he has said, feelings that have landed him in a place of fragility.

From New York Times

To solve this dilemma, Eggers decided to turn to a choreographer who’d been brought in to consult on different scenes, those between husband and wife Thomas and Ellen.

From Los Angeles Times

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