choreographyn.
/ˌkɒrɪˈɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˌkɔriˈɑɡrəfi/ a. The written notation of dancing. ? Obsolete.
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society > leisure > dancing > study or description > [noun] > notation
chorography1710
choreography1782
notation1845
Laban1928
Labanotation1953
1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. 50 In Choregraphy, an art invented about two hundred years ago to delineate the figures and steps of dances.
1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Choregraphy, the art of representing dancing by signs, as singing is by notes.
b. The art of dancing.
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society > leisure > dancing > [noun] > art of
choreography1844
orchestics1847
orchestic1864
Terpsichore1906
1844 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 55 295 Why not..elevate choriography to the rank of one of the fine arts?..since all eyes are amenable to the charm of exquisite dancing.
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