choreographer
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- noun
- /ˌkɔːriˈɒɡrəfə/
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coreógrafo
- The choreographer directed the dancers to perform each movement with precision and grace.
- dancer and choreographer
- composer and choreographer
- dance choreographer
So Jason is basically the best ballroom and Latin choreographer in the world in my opinion.
- So Jason is basically the best ballroom and Latin choreographer in the world in my opinion.
- Now, I went from a dancer to a choreographer to working in, you know, corporate America.
- So, so Allison Falk and Leo Moctezuma are the choreographers.
Examples
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After nearly twenty years as a dancer and choreographer, I have become a professor and a part-time police officer.
Academic text (1993) -
You're like the most amazing choreographer in the world.
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An exciting young choreographer who is working with my students.
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Now, I went from a dancer to a choreographer to working in, you know, corporate America.
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The movement, the vocabulary of the choreographer, is what has to be represented.
Academic text (1998) -
Matthew will be replaced by a brilliant new choreographer that I recently discovered in Miami.
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So Jason is basically the best ballroom and Latin choreographer in the world in my opinion.
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To me, it takes special skills to be a choreographer that dancers don't necessarily need.
Blog text (19) -
She became the head choreographer, and the first thing that she worked on was The Nutcracker for the Christmas program.
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Professional dancers and choreographers must be viewed as partners with dance educators.
Academic text (2000)
How Experienced
- Archaic
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Surface Forms
Morphology
choreographer = choreograph (transparent) = choreograph + er
Productive agentive formation: 'choreograph' (verb) + '-er' yields 'person who choreographs', a regular and clear derivation.
Etymology
Choreographer comes from Greek words choreo- meaning 'dance' and -graph meaning 'write', like in photograph. So a choreographer 'writes' or plans the steps and moves of a dance.