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choregraphy

choregraphy is the obsolete form of choreography.

Meaning of choreography

Noun

choreography (countable and uncountable, plural choreographies)

  1. (uncountable) The art of creating, arranging and recording the dance movements of a work, such as a ballet.
    • She has staged many successful ballets, so her choreography skills must be excellent.
    1. (broadly) The art of creating and arranging sequences of movement for performances of any kind, such as in fight choreography.
    2. (broadly, figuratively) The art of creating and arranging any activities that involve social coordination or orchestration.
      • the delicate choreography of a marathon transplant operation involving several surgical suites
  2. (uncountable) The dance steps, sequences or styles peculiar to a work, group, performance or institution.
    • The show's singing and acting was excellent, but the choreography was dull and poorly-done.
  3. The representation of these movements by a series of symbols.
    • I've written down the choreography for y'all to take a look at.
  4. The notation used to construct this record.
    • Take a look at this, it's the choreography for our next show.

See all 7 meanings of choreography

Forms of choregraphy

pluralchoregraphies

Origin of choregraphy

Borrowed from French chorégraphie. It replaced earlier chorography in the dance sense (from χορός (khorós, “dance ring, round dance”) + -γραφία (-graphía); compare Greek χορογραφία (chorografía)), which had been used in 1710 as a translation of the same French term.

Questions about choregraphy

What is choregraphy the obsolete form of?
Choregraphy is the obsolete form of choreography.

Words near choregraphy in the dictionary

  1. choregraphers
  2. choregraphic
  3. choregraphies
  4. choregraphing
  5. choregraphs
  6. choregraphy
  7. choregus
  8. choreic
  9. choreics
  10. choreiform
  11. choreiform movement

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Adapted from Wiktionary: choregraphy (page history and authors); choreography (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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