Meanings
plural choreographers
- One who choreographs.
Chandralekha, a choreographer from Madras, India, has been described as a counterculturalist who draws on elements of classical Indian dance like Bharata Natyam and on Western modern dance.
1994 September 12, Jennifer Dunning, “DANCE REVIEW; Merging Body and Spirit To Produce a Single Essence”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Sep 20241 more example
"More and more, the shrewdest thinkers and artists are precocious archeologists of ... ruins-in-the-making, indignant or stoical diagnosticians of defeat, enigmatic choreographers of the complex spiritual movements useful for individual survival in an era or permanent apocalypse."
1969 July 13, Lawrence M. Bensky, “Susan Sontag, Indignant, Stoical, Complex, Useful -- and Moral”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Sep 2024Synonyms: choreographist
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who choreographs.
Origin
Translations
Arabic مُصَمِّمُ رَقْصٍ, مُصَمِّمَةُ رَقْصٍ
- مُصَمِّمُ رَقْصٍ (muṣammimu raqṣin)person who choreographs
- مُصَمِّمَةُ رَقْصٍ (muṣammimatu raqṣin)person who choreographs
Catalan coreògraf
- coreògrafperson who choreographs
Chinese Mandarin 編舞 /编舞, 編導 /编导
- 編舞 /编舞 (biānwǔ)person who choreographs
- 編導 /编导 (biāndǎo)person who choreographs
Czech choreograf
- choreografperson who choreographs
Finnish koreografi
- koreografiperson who choreographs
French chorégraphe
- chorégrapheperson who choreographs
German Choreograph, Choreograf
- Choreographperson who choreographs
- Choreografperson who choreographs
- Choreographinperson who choreographs
- Choreografinperson who choreographs
- Ballettmeisterperson who choreographs
Greek χορογράφος
- χορογράφος (chorográfos)person who choreographs
Indonesian koreograf, koreografer
- koreografperson who choreographs
- koreograferperson who choreographs
Italian coreografo, coreografa
- coreografoperson who choreographs
- coreografaperson who choreographs
Japanese 振付師
- 振付師 (furitsukeshi)person who choreographs
Malay koreografer
- koreograferperson who choreographs
Polish choreograf, choreografka
- choreografperson who choreographs
- choreografkaperson who choreographs
Portuguese coreógrafo
- coreógrafoperson who choreographs
Romanian coregraf, coregrafă
- coregrafperson who choreographs
- coregrafăperson who choreographs
Russian хорео́граф, балетме́йстер
- хорео́граф (xoreógraf)person who choreographs
- балетме́йстер (baletméjster)person who choreographs
Spanish coreógrafo
- coreógrafoperson who choreographs
Swedish koreograf
- koreografperson who choreographs
Turkish koreograf
- koreografperson who choreographs
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Cite this entry
choreographer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/choreographer
“choreographer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/choreographer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “choreographer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/choreographer.
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