Choreography (also known as dance composition) is the art of making structures in which movement occurs, the term composition may also refer to the navigation or connection of these movement structures. The resulting movement structure may also be referred to as the Choreography. People who make choreograpies are called choreographers.
Although mainly used in relation to dance the term choreography can be applied to various settings including:
Choreographers typically are older dancers with years of experience in the theater.
Employment of dancers and choreographers is expected to grow about as fast as the average for all occupations through 2012.
Dancers and choreographers covered by union contracts are entitled to some paid sick leave, paid vacations, and various health and pension benefits, including extended sick pay and family-leave benefits provided by their unions.
Bella Lewitzky, 88, the legendary choreographer who fought censorship in the arts, died July 16 at an assisted care home in Pasadena, Calif., after a stroke.
Lewitzky, a star dancer in her youth, established herself as a pioneer in the field of modern dance as artistic director and choreographer of the internationally renowned Lewitzky Dance Company, which she founded in 1966.
Lewitzky, a daughter of Russian immigrants, was born in Los Angeles and raised in a socialist commune in the Mojave Desert.
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