choreography

Noun
  1. A show involving artistic dancing (synset 100529434)
    is a type of:
    subtypes:
    • ballet, concert dance - a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers
    • modern dance - a style of theatrical dancing that is not as restricted as classical ballet; movements are expressive of feelings
    • apache dance - a violent fast dance in French vaudeville (an apache is a member of the French underworld)
    • belly dance, belly dancing, danse du ventre - a Middle Eastern dance in which the dancer makes sensuous movements of the hips and abdomen
    • bolero - a Spanish dance in triple time accompanied by guitar and castanets
    • cakewalk - a strutting dance based on a march; was performed in minstrel shows; originated as a competition among Black dancers to win a cake
    • cancan - a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line
    • nude dancing - erotic dancing with little or no clothing
    same as: stage dancing
  2. The representation of dancing by symbols as music is represented by notes (synset 107033877)
    is a type of: dance - an artistic form of nonverbal communication
  3. A notation used by choreographers (synset 106829303)
    is a type of: notation, notational system - a technical system of symbols used to represent special things
    subtypes: labanotation - a system of notation for dance movements that uses symbols to represent points on a dancer's body and the direction of the dancer's movement and the tempo and the dynamics

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