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▪ I. choreograph, n.|ˈkɒriːəgrɑːf, -græf|
[f. (after choreography) Gr. χορεία + -γραϕος writer. In mod.F. chorégraphe.]
A designer or arranger of a ballet. So choreˈographer.
1876Symonds Grk. Poets Ser. ii. iv. 124 The whole resembles a theatrical tableau vivant which an enlightened choreograph..might design to represent the Garden of Eden. 1886B. Roosevelt Copper Q. II. viii. 140, I am the protector of the New York Terpsichorean Academy. I am father, mother, brother, even choreographer if need be.
▪ II. choreograph, v. orig. U.S.|ˈkɒriːəgrɑːf, -græf|
[Back-formation f. choreography.]
trans. To compose the choreography of (a ballet). intr. To engage in choreography.
1943Time 15 Nov., He..choreographed ballets for Marie Rambert's famed Ballet Club. 1949M. Lloyd Borzoi Bk. Mod. Dance 148 She had to choreograph quickly for the weekly Saturday night revues. 1952Ballet Ann. VI. 97 Beethoven's ‘Prometheus’ choreographed by Serge Lifar. 1957C. MacInnes City of Spades ii. v. 137 She choreographs a cosmopolitan style. Ibid. 140 I've choreographed our African and Caribbean dances in with classical European and other sources. 1961B. Savan Your Career in Theater 179 A few of the outstanding choreographers who had intimate experience with dancing before they began to choreograph. 1962Times 4 May 20/4 Ashton seemed to be bent on choreographing a complete Raymonda. 1970Daily Tel. 2 Mar. 13/6 ‘Raga Shankara’, choreographed to Indian classical music. |