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Choreographers

$50.99K Median Salary 1K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 32.6% Job Growth

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About This Career

Create new dance routines. Rehearse performance of routines. May direct and stage presentations.

Reported Job Titles

Ballet Director, Choreographer, Dance Director, Dance Maker, Musical Choreographer

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Gross Body Coordination

Oral Comprehension

Fluency of Ideas

Oral Expression

Originality

Gross Body Equilibrium

Multilimb Coordination

Speech Clarity

Deductive Reasoning

Problem Sensitivity

Stamina

Trunk Strength

Written Comprehension

Extent Flexibility

Dynamic Strength

Speech Recognition

Visualization

Inductive Reasoning

Information Ordering

Written Expression

Category Flexibility

Memorization

Near Vision

Selective Attention

Arm-Hand Steadiness

Dynamic Flexibility

Far Vision

Knowledge

Fine Arts

Administration and Management

Education and Training

Communications and Media

English Language

Skills

Instructing

Active Listening

Speaking

Coordination

Monitoring

Critical Thinking

Social Perceptiveness

Judgment and Decision Making

Reading Comprehension

Time Management

Learning Strategies

Active Learning

Management of Personnel Resources

Service Orientation

Complex Problem Solving

Writing

Negotiation

Persuasion

Technology Skills

Web page creation and editing software

Video creation and editing software

Graphics or photo imaging software

Spreadsheet software

Electronic mail software

Customer relationship management CRM software

Office suite software

Word processing software

Graphical user interface development software

Internet browser software

Presentation software

Tools

Metronomes

Stop watch

Notebook computers

Stage or projection or studio lighting system

Compact disk players or recorders

Digital camcorders or video cameras

Digital video disk players or recorders

Portable stereo systems

Personal computers

Tablet computers

Abilities

Gross Body Coordination: The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion.
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
Gross Body Equilibrium: The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position.
Multilimb Coordination: The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Stamina: The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.
Trunk Strength: The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Extent Flexibility: The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
Dynamic Strength: The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Visualization: The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Memorization: The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
Arm-Hand Steadiness: The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
Dynamic Flexibility: The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs.
Far Vision: The ability to see details at a distance.

Knowledge

Fine Arts: Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Skills

Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Negotiation: Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

Technology Skills

Web page creation and editing software: Facebook; Google Sites; LinkedIn; Social media sites
Video creation and editing software: YouTube
Graphics or photo imaging software: SmugMug Flickr
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Customer relationship management CRM software: Blackbaud The Raiser's Edge; Microsoft Dynamics; Salesforce.com Salesforce CRM
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Graphical user interface development software: Adobe Systems Adobe RoboHelp
Internet browser software: Web browser software
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint

Tools

Metronomes: Electronic metronomes
Stop watch: Digital stopwatches
Notebook computers: Laptop computers
Stage or projection or studio lighting system: Stage lighting equipment
Compact disk players or recorders: Compact disk CD players
Digital camcorders or video cameras: Digital video cameras
Digital video disk players or recorders: Digital video disk DVD players
Portable stereo systems: Multi-speaker stereo systems
Personal computers:
Tablet computers:

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