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choreography
cho·re·og·ra·phy / ˌkôrēˈägrəfē/ • n. the sequence of steps and movements in dance or figure skating, esp. in a ballet or other staged dance. ∎ the art or practice of designing such sequences. ∎ the written notation for such a sequence. DERIVATIVES: cho·re·o·graph·ic / ˌkôrēəˈgrafik/ adj. cho·re·o·graph·i·cal·ly / ˌkôrēəˈgrafik(ə)lē/ adv. |
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"choreography." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "choreography." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-choreography.html "choreography." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-choreography.html |
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choreograph
cho·re·o·graph / ˈkôrēəˌgraf/ • v. [tr.] compose the sequence of steps and moves for (a performance of dance or ice skating). ∎ fig. plan and control (an event or operation): the committee choreographs the movement of troops. DERIVATIVES: cho·re·og·ra·pher / ˌkôrēˈägrəfər/ n. |
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"choreograph." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "choreograph." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-choreograph.html "choreograph." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-choreograph.html |
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choreography
choreography.
1. The system of describing dances, esp. in ballet, by signs for the steps, written alongside the melodies. An early method was Arbeau's, described in his Orchésographie (1588–9). The term choreography was introduced by Lefeuillet in 1699. Today one speaks of a ballet having been ‘choreographed’ by its creator. 2. The visual comp. of the ballet. |
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "choreography." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "choreography." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-choreography.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "choreography." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-choreography.html |
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choreographic poem
choreographic poem. An orch. work designed for ballet but also self-sufficient because it has something of the quality and form of a tone-poem, e.g. Ravel's La Valse (1920), described on the score as poème choréographique.
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "choreographic poem." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "choreographic poem." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-choreographicpoem.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "choreographic poem." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-choreographicpoem.html |
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choreography
choreography XVIII. f. Gr. khoreíā dancing + -GRAPHY.
So choreographer XIX. |
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T. F. HOAD. "choreography." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "choreography." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-choreography.html T. F. HOAD. "choreography." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-choreography.html |
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choreograph
choreograph
•barf, behalf, calf, chaff, coif, giraffe, Graf, graph, half, laugh, scarf, scrum half, staff, strafe, wing half
•headscarf • mooncalf • bar graph
•telegraph • polygraph • epigraph
•serigraph • cardiograph • radiograph
•spectrograph • micrograph
•lithograph • heliograph
•choreograph • tachograph
•stylograph • holograph • seismograph
•chronograph, monograph
•phonograph • paragraph
•cinematograph • pictograph
•autograph • photograph • flagstaff
•jackstaff • distaff • tipstaff • epitaph
•pikestaff • cenotaph
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choreographer
choreographer
•chaffer, gaffer, Jaffa, kafir, Staffa
•alfalfa, alpha, Balfour, Wadi Halfa
•camphor, chamfer
•Luftwaffe
•laugher, staffer
•heifer, zephyr
•chafer, trefa, wafer
•cockchafer
•feoffor, reefer
•differ, sniffer
•pilfer • titfer • umbellifer • Jennifer
•conifer • apocrypha • thurifer
•crucifer, Lucifer
•Potiphar • aquifer
•cipher, encipher, fifer, Haifa, knifer, lifer
•coffer, cougher, Offa, offer, proffer, quaffer, scoffer
•golfer • phosphor • Forfar • Altdorfer
•chauffeur, gofer, goffer, gopher, loafer, Nuku'alofa, Ophir, shofar, sofa
•Fraunhofer
•hoofer, loofah, opera buffa, roofer, spoofer, tufa, woofer
•waterproofer
•bluffer, buffer, duffer, puffer, snuffer, suffer
•sulphur (US sulfur) • telegrapher
•calligrapher, serigrapher
•autobiographer, bibliographer, biographer, cartographer, choreographer, cinematographer, crystallographer, geographer, Hagiographa, hagiographer, iconographer, lexicographer, lithographer, oceanographer, palaeographer (US paleographer), photographer, pornographer, radiographer, stenographer, topographer, typographer
•philosopher, theosopher
•metaphor • Christopher • surfer
•Bonhoeffer • windsurfer
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choreographic
choreographic
•Chadic, Cycladic, Helladic, maenadic, nomadic, sporadic, triadic
•heraldic • Icelandic • asdic
•bardic, Haggadic, Lombardic, Sephardic
•medic, paramedic, Samoyedic
•Wendic • Vedic
•comedic, cyclopedic, encyclopedic, medick, orthopaedic (US orthopedic)
•acidic, Druidic, hasidic
•dik-dik
•Indic, syndic
•aperiodic, episodic, geodic, melodic, methodic, monodic, parodic, periodic, prosodic, psalmodic, rhapsodic, Roddick, spasmodic, threnodic
•Nordic
•ludic, pudic
•Talmudic
•autobiographic, autographic, bibliographic, biographic, calligraphic, cartographic, choreographic, cinematographic, cryptographic, demographic, geographic, graphic, hagiographic, historiographic, holographic, hydrographic, iconographic, lithographic, monographic, orthographic, palaeographic (US paleographic), photographic, pictographic, pornographic, reprographic, Sapphic, seraphic, stenographic, telegraphic, traffic, typographic, xerographic
•Efik, malefic
•Delphic, Guelphic
•anaglyphic, beatific, calorific, colorific, hieroglyphic, honorific, horrific, Indo-Pacific, pacific, prolific, scientific, soporific, specific, terrific, transpacific, triglyphic
•catastrophic, dystrophic, philosophic, strophic, theosophic, trophic
•anamorphic, biomorphic, metamorphic, Orphic, polymorphic, zoomorphic
•Kufic, Sufic
•demagogic • yogic
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"choreographic." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "choreographic." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-choreographic.html "choreographic." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-choreographic.html |
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choreography
choreography
•daffy, taffy
•Amalfi
•Cavafy, Gaddafi
•Effie
•beefy, Fifi, leafy
•cliffy, iffy, jiffy, Liffey, niffy, sniffy, spiffy, squiffy, stiffy, whiffy
•salsify
•coffee, toffee
•wharfie
•Sophie, strophe, trophy
•Dufy, goofy, Sufi
•fluffy, huffy, puffy, roughie, roughy, scruffy, snuffy, stuffy, toughie
•comfy • atrophy
•anastrophe, catastrophe
•calligraphy, epigraphy, tachygraphy
•dystrophy, epistrophe
•autobiography, bibliography, biography, cardiography, cartography, chirography, choreography, chromatography, cinematography, cosmography, cryptography, demography, discography, filmography, geography, hagiography, historiography, hydrography, iconography, lexicography, lithography, oceanography, orthography, palaeography (US paleography), photography, pornography, radiography, reprography, stenography, topography, typography
•apostrophe
•gymnosophy, philosophy, theosophy
•furphy, murphy, scurfy, surfy, turfy
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"choreography." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "choreography." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-choreography.html "choreography." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-choreography.html |
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