I’ve chosen the role of a Choreographer, they have several tasks to deal with such as engaging with the director in collaborating plans, as they would also be in charge of choreographing actions and scene based actions such as dancing, scene work. 

They are the ones who are always auditioning the dancers and If they have any unique ideas or recommendations of other possible candidates they would be capable of informing the Director of any one that they could think of, as they also schedule dance rehearsals with the director, music director and even the Stage Manager therefore It’s important that the Choreographer Is always keeping them updated with any changes or rehearsal times.

They’d be the ones to teaching the performers the choreographer and how to perform It successfully with accurate feedback on how they could improve and what they could improve on as It’s crucial for them to ensure that the performers/dance who are learning the choreography are doing It correctly before the deadline. It would happen sometimes that they would select a dance captain which the Choreographer would train If essential for the show such as someone to be leading in front or throughout the scene/performance.

It’s quite important that they are always before proceeding that they communicate with the Director for the purpose of blocking as well queue of the scene’s which then they can relay that to the sound and light tech for the purpose of queuing and preparation ready for the tech run, however It’s very important that they attend production meetings to have an understanding of what’s needing to be done or for further instructions and plans on how they are going to set out the performance such as setup, theme as well requirements for those who are needing to be auditioned.

What’s required of the Choreographer?

It’s important that the Choreographer attends every single rehearsal with a consistent level of feedback as well observation for any kind of mistakes or acknowledgement of different types of dancing, therefore they must have a wide variety of dancing skills and flexibility with movement and a good level of organisation so everything is planned accordingly without being In a mess as It’s important due to having deadlines that are needed to being met. It’s crucial that they also have a good key element for coordination to be able to make sure that the choreography has a strong level of transitions for when It comes to movement and swapping over with different dancers or cross overs.

It’s also important that they understand the boundaries such as not having  the need of completely controlling the work of the artists such as directing the show, as In giving them time to evolve and work on the choreography and scene’s, they would have to also be very patient for when It comes down to the teaching method of how they deliver the work efforts as some methods don’t work for everyone as a lot of people have different learning tendencies and differences therefore It’s important that they are able to also communicate clearly with the performers to understand what’s going wrong and how they’re struggling with It so they are able to create a quick solution for any problematic issue.

The Choreographer Is also required being able to have a strong sense of the space and how they can use It and an easy understanding of the theme as well performance to even create any kind of choreography.

The Choreographer will also need a high level of disciple as well leadership skills In executing a strong routine as they are also In need a strong level of charisma especially for the reason of needing to repeatedly demonstrating the same routine with a clear constructive instruction and therefore they are always doing this till the performing or full run through therefore they have a small deadline to teach them as It’s a crucial part to Musicals as well most performances. If they’re creating a piece towards any kind of song or rhythm they would need to be able to understand the meaning of the song as well how to express that clearly throughout movement and how to demonstrate that to the performers with a clear explanation of how It expresses that emotions and be able to develop upon the past demonstrations, continuous development and progression with the performers.

Why are the Choreographers important and what else are they important for?
It’s important that the must maintain a strong level of entertainment for the audience as well the dancers/performers that they’re teaching, they would also have to discuss with the music composer for the purpose of selecting music as well sound for certain parts of the performance, It’s important that they are able to do accurate research regarding on that type of history as well the mood of people around the moment the song was written as well why It was written.

They would look for certain information such as what was the reason of them creating this performance or what kind of events or historic moments we’re occurring at that time period and how did this have an impact on the people and theatre, what was the dance style around that period and they would need to know the sequences as well patterns and different techniques for helping the performers with preparing before getting into the rehearsals as well be able to do clear set ups such as the best dancers in the front as well placement of all the other dancers and performers.
As a Choreographer they would need to have a strong connection with the creative side as well such as being able to freely develop Choreography on the spot to teach as well as being able to keep an ongoing connection with the following performers so they’re able to easily work together in modifying the Choreography continuously whenever a new idea comes along as It’s also up to them to keep the dancers and performers up to date.