Choreography

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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 make choreographies are called choreographers.

[edit] Settings

Although mainly used in relation to dance the term choreography can be applied to various settings including:

• Stage combat (action or fight choreography)
• Gymnastics
• Ice skating
• Show Choirs
• Marching bands
• Cinematography

[edit] Choreographic techniques

Choreographic techniques are methods used to create choreographies.

[edit] improvisation

• Dance improvisation
• Contact improvisation
• body mapping

[edit] See also

• Ballet master
• Dance notation
• Choreographic techniques
• List of choreographers
• Modern Dance
• Ballet
• Contemporary Dance
• Ted Shawn
• Doris Humphrey
• George Balanchine
• improvisation
• Louis Horst
• Merce Cunningham
• Itzik Galili & Galili Dance
• Paul Taylor
• Jiri Kylian & Nedelands Dans Theatre
• Mark Taylor
• Bill Evans
• Alvin Ailey
• Ed Wubbe & Scapino Ballet Rotterdam
• Hans van Manen & Dutch National Ballet

[edit] 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. (200) Dance Composition. Routledge. ISBN 0-87830-118-6

[edit] External links

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