Choreographer

Choreographer

1. Responsibilities

   • Ensuring that the choreography fits in with the music and style of the dance.
   • Making sure you teach the choreography well and efficiently so the dancers can pick it up and learn it easily.
   • Ensuring that you turn up to rehearsals as it is up to you to turn up so the dancers can learn the routine.
   • Making sure that you don't overcomplicate a dance as the dancers may find it hard to learn.
   • Include challenging and creative menuvoirs into a dance so you can keep and audience entertained.
   • Not putting moves that are dangerous or the dancers do not have enough experience in, into a dance as you are putting them at risk or injury.

2. Roles

   • Being a good leader so that when you are teaching a dance you are keeping everyone focused and hard-working without being ridiculously strict but then not too laid back.
   • Being an inspiration to others with creativity and having a unique spark within your choreography.
   • Designing and directing dance routines that go into shows or performances.
   • Making sure you discipline dancers so they can learn and perform routine to their fullest potential as well as having discipline yourself as your actions can reflect on others.
   • Demonstrating routines by performing it yourself.
   • Helping dancers to perfect movements, timing, techniques, and performance.

3. Skills

   • Using many choreographic devices in order to perfect a routine and make it the best it can possibly be; whether it is having a certain layout of the dancers etc.
   • Having a thorough knowledge of dance techniques including dance steps and styles in order to make a successful routine.
   • Being artistic within your dances.
   • Being able to choreograph routines in short spaces of time and remembering them so you yourself can teach them to other dancers.
   • Having physical stamina so you able to teach and perform routines for a long amount of time.