choreographer
choreographer — noun
- choreographersingular
- choreographersplural
1. someone who creates the movements and patterns that dancers perform in a show
someone who creates the movements and patterns that dancers perform in a show
Eri is the youngest choreographer ever hired by the national ballet company.
youngest + choreographer — superlative with profession noun
A good choreographer listens to the music again and again before creating any steps.
listens to...before + -ing — sequence of creative process
The choreographer taught the dancers a difficult turn that none of them had tried before.
Caleb wants the choreographer to design a routine that uses the whole stage.
The choreographer ran through every scene with the cast before the show opened.
- dance maker
informal term used mainly in contemporary and experimental dance circles
- movement director
broader role in theatre and film covering all staged body movement, not only dance
- dancer
the performer who executes the steps that the choreographer invents
用法筆記
A choreographer creates the dance movements; a dancer performs them. The two roles are usually held by different people in a professional production.