Choreo

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A dance piece or the arrangement of movements that make up a performance
2. The planned sequence and positioning of dancers' movements in a performance
3. A composed dance with intentionally designed steps and formations

Etymology: "Choreo" is a clipping of "choreography", so its story is really the story of the longer word it was cut from. "Choreography" comes from Greek "khoreia" (dance) combined with "graphia" (writing), so the full term literally meant the writing down of dance. The Greek roots are old, but the English compound itself is a later construction built from them. The clipping works the way many informal shortenings do: the speaker keeps the opening syllables and drops the ending, leaving a short, punchy form that is easy to say in conversation. Because it is a shortened form rather than a separate word with its own history, its meaning matches "choreography" closely, referring to the arrangement of movement, especially dance, and to the people who create it.

Synonyms: choreography