choreography

Meaning

Noun

• The art of creating, arranging and recording the dance movements of a work, such as a ballet.
• The dance steps, sequences or styles peculiar to a work, group, performance or institution.
• The representation of these movements by a series of symbols.
• The notation used to construct this record.

Origin

• Borrowed from French chorégraphie, from Ancient Greek χορεία + γραφία.