Choreography

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Choregraphy \Cho*reg"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. ? dance + -graphy.]
     1. The art of representing dancing by signs, as music is
        represented by notes; -- also called {choreography}.
        --Craig. [Archaic]
        [1913 Webster +PJC]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Choreography \Chor`e*og"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. ? dance + -graphy.]
     1. The art of representing dancing by signs, as music is
        represented by notes; -- also called {choregraphy}.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     2. 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.
        [PJC]
  
     3. the planning and coordination of activities for an event,
        especially one to be held in public. [informal]
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  choreography
       n 1: a show involving artistic dancing [syn: {stage dancing}]
       2: the representation of dancing by symbols as music is
          represented by notes
       3: a notation used by choreographers

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "choreography":
     alphabet, art, ballet, ballroom dancing, blueprint, charactering,
     characterization, chart, choreodrama, classical ballet,
     comedy ballet, conventional representation, dance, dance drama,
     dance notation, dancing, delineation, demonstration, depiction,
     depictment, diagram, drama, drawing, exemplification, figuration,
     hieroglyphic, hoofing, iconography, ideogram, illustration,
     imagery, imaging, letter, limning, logogram, logograph, map,
     modern ballet, modern dance, musical notation, notation, pictogram,
     picturization, plan, portraiture, portrayal, prefigurement,
     presentment, printing, projection, realization, rendering,
     rendition, representation, schema, score, script, syllabary,
     symbol, tablature, tap dancing, terpsichore, writing