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noun

Choreography n.

The art of representing dancing by signs, as music is represented by notes; also called choregraphy.

The art of composing dances for individuals or groups, including the planning of the movements and steps; also, the planning of movements and steps for figure skaters, performed on ice.

The planning and coordination of activities for an event, especially one to be held in public. (informal)

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Etymology of 'Choreography'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Choreography" Quotes from Famous Books

... Russians consecrated the spring. Something of the sort was necessary, for an actual representation of machines, a ballet of machines, would not have been as grimly significant as the angular, uncouth gestures of men, would by no means have as nakedly revealed the human engine. Here, in the choreography, every fluid, supple, curving motion is suppressed. Everything is angular, cubical, rectilinear. The music pounds with the rhythm of engines, whirls and spirals like screws and fly-wheels, grinds and shrieks like laboring metal. The ...

— Musical Portraits - Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers • Paul Rosenfeld

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