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cho⋅re⋅og⋅ra⋅phy

  [kawr-ee-og-ruh-fee, kohr-]
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–noun
1. the art of composing ballets and other dances and planning and arranging the movements, steps, and patterns of dancers.
2. the technique of representing the various movements in dancing by a system of notation.
3. the arrangement or manipulation of actions leading up to an event: the choreography of a surprise birthday party.
Origin:
1780–90; < Gk chore- (s. of choreía chorea ) + -o- + -graphy

Related forms:
cho⋅re⋅o⋅graph⋅ic  [kawr-ee-uh-graf-ik, kohr-] , adjective
cho⋅re⋅o⋅graph⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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cho·re·og·ra·phy   (kôr'ē-ŏg'rə-fē, kōr'-)   
n.   pl. cho·re·og·ra·phies

    1. The art of creating and arranging dances or ballets.

    2. A work created by this art.

  2. Something, such as a series of planned situations, likened to dance arrangements.


[French chorégraphie : Greek khoreia, choral dance; see chorea + -graphie, writing (from Latin -graphia, -graphy).]
cho're·o·graph'ic (-ə-grāf'ĭk) adj., cho're·o·graph'i·cal·ly adv.
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choreography

The art of arranging dance movements for performance.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Word Origin & History

choreography 
c.1789, from Fr. chorégraphie, coined from Gk. khoreia "dance" + graphein "to write." Choreograph (v.) is from 1943.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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