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51120.03 – Choreographers

Choreographers create dances for film, theatre and television performances that convey stories, ideas and moods, and direct rehearsals for dancers to achieve desired interpretation.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Choreographer
  • Cyber-choreographer

Core competencies

  • Learning and Teaching Strategies, and Instructing to use multiple teaching modalities and incorporate creative exploration to effectively convey choreography concepts and foster a supportive learning environment
  • Social Perceptiveness to accurately sense and interpret dancers’ emotions, motivations and reactions, adjust instructions and provide constructive feedback
  • Fluency of Ideas to generate a diverse range of innovative movement concepts and combinations, effectively integrating various styles and themes to create cohesive and original dance pieces
  • Gross Body Coordination to execute and instruct complex movement sequences with precision, fluidity, and synchronization while maintaining spatial awareness and control
  • Creativity and Innovativeness to create original dance sequences that resonate with diverse audiences while innovatively integrating various styles and techniques
  • Knowledge in Arts to understand creative choices to create dance sequences that are technically and artistically relevant to music, storyline and stage design

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Create dances for film, theatre and television performances that convey stories, ideas and moods, and direct rehearsals for dancers to achieve desired interpretation.

Additional information

  • Membership in a related guild or union may be required.

Similar occupations classified elsewhere

Exclusions:

  • Announcers and other broadcasters (52114)
  • Audio and video recording technicians (52113)
  • Broadcast technicians (52112)
  • Film and video camera operators (52110)
  • Graphic arts technicians (52111)
  • Managers - publishing, motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts (50011)
  • Motion pictures, broadcasting, photography and performing arts assistants and operators (53111)
  • Other technical and coordinating occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting and the performing arts (52119)
  • Photographers (53110)

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

5 – Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport

TEER

1 – Occupations usually require a university degree

Major group

51 – Professional occupations in art and culture

Sub-major group

511 – Professional occupations in art and culture

Minor group

5112 – Creative and performing artists

Unit group

51120 – Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations

Occupational profile

51120.03 – Choreographers

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