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Choreographers
Create new dance routines. Rehearse performance of routines. May direct and stage presentations.
- Median pay
- $55,600
- per year
- 10-year outlook
- +6.1%
- Growing
- Typical entry
- High school diploma or equivalent
Key skills
- Instructing
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Coordination
- Monitoring
- Learning Strategies
- Social Perceptiveness
- Reading Comprehension
What they do
- Direct rehearsals to instruct dancers in dance steps and in techniques to achieve desired effects.
- Advise dancers on standing and moving properly, teaching correct dance techniques to help prevent injuries.
- Teach students, dancers, and other performers about rhythm and interpretive movement.
- Record dance movements and their technical aspects, using a technical understanding of the patterns and formations of choreography.
- Direct and stage dance presentations for various forms of entertainment.
- Choose the music, sound effects, or spoken narrative to accompany a dance.
- Experiment with different types of dancers, steps, dances, and placements, testing ideas informally to get feedback from dancers.
- Seek influences from other art forms, such as theatre, the visual arts, and architecture.
- Develop ideas for creating dances, keeping notes and sketches to record influences.
- Coordinate production music with music directors.
Majors that lead here
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Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS, Employment Projections) and O*NET, used under CC BY 4.0.