How do they match: Choreographers

  • Musical Choreographer

  • Create new dance routines. Rehearse performance of routines. May direct and stage presentations.

  • Audition performers for one or more dance parts.
  • 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.
  • Read and study story lines and musical scores to determine how to translate ideas and moods into dance movements.
  • Teach students, dancers, and other performers about rhythm and interpretive movement.

  • Audition or interview potential performers or staff members.
  • Evaluate skills of athletes or performers.
  • Train others on performance techniques.