How do they match: Choreographers

  • Musical Choreographer

  • Advise dancers on standing and moving properly, teaching correct dance techniques to help prevent injuries.
  • Choose the music, sound effects, or spoken narrative to accompany a dance.
  • Coordinate production music with music directors.
  • Design dances for individual dancers, dance companies, musical theatre, opera, fashion shows, film, television productions, and special events, and for dancers ranging from beginners to professionals.
  • Direct rehearsals to instruct dancers in dance steps and in techniques to achieve desired effects.
  • Read and study story lines and musical scores to determine how to translate ideas and moods into dance movements.
  • Record dance movements and their technical aspects, using a technical understanding of the patterns and formations of choreography.
  • Train, exercise, and attend dance classes to maintain high levels of technical proficiency, physical ability, and physical fitness.

  • Train others on performance techniques.