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Occupation AtlasChoreographers

O*NET · 27-2032.00

Choreographers

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

Also called Ballet Director · Choreographer · Choreography Director · Dance Choreographer · Dance Director · Dance Instructor · Dance Maker · Dance Master
4 more

Dancing Master · Musical Choreographer · Opera Choreographer · Teaching Choreographer

Job Zone 3 — Medium Preparation NeededHolland code ASE35 skills on file

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Job Zone

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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed

Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.

Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.

Occupational interest profile

ASEArtistic · Social · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order

  • A Artistic7.00
  • S Social3.96
  • E Enterprising3.77
  • R Realistic3.63
  • I Investigative2.22
  • C Conventional2.13

RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.

Education and experience

The education level respondents say the job requires, and the most common answer for experience and training.

  • Less than a High School Diploma10%
  • High School Diploma or the equivalent33%
  • Post-Secondary Certificate19%
  • Some College Courses5%
  • Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree10%
  • Bachelor's Degree19%
  • Master's Degree5%
Related work experience
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (29%)
On-site or in-plant training
None (33%)
On-the-job training
None or short demonstration (43%)

Typically associated skills

All 35 O*NET skills, most important first. Importance (1–5) says how much a skill matters here; level (0–7) says how much of it the work calls for, with O*NET's example of a nearby level. Neither is a proficiency rating of a person.

  • Instructing4.04.0Level 4 looks like: Instruct a coworker in how to operate a software program
  • Coordination3.94.0Level 4 looks like: Work with others to put a new roof on a house
  • Active Listeningbasic3.93.9Level 4 looks like: Answer inquiries regarding credit references
  • Speakingbasic3.93.9Level 4 looks like: Interview applicants to obtain personal and work history
  • Monitoringbasic3.83.8Level 4 looks like: Monitor a meeting and revise the agenda to ensure important topics are discussed
  • Social Perceptiveness3.63.9Level 4 looks like: Be aware of how a coworker's promotion will affect a work group
  • Learning Strategiesbasic3.63.5Level 4 looks like: Identify an alternative approach to help trainees who are having difficulties
  • Reading Comprehensionbasic3.53.4Level 4 looks like: Understand an email from management describing new personnel policies
  • Critical Thinkingbasic3.43.4Level 4 looks like: Evaluate customer complaints and determine appropriate responses
  • Time Management3.43.4Level 4 looks like: Allocate the time of subordinates to projects for the coming week
  • Active Learningbasic3.33.3Level 4 looks like: Determine the impact of new menu changes on a restaurant's purchasing requirements
  • Service Orientation3.33.3Level 4 looks like: Make flight reservations for customers using an online booking site
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Tasks

17 core · 1 supplemental

What people in this occupation do, as O*NET records it, core tasks first by importance (1–5).

  1. Direct rehearsals to instruct dancers in dance steps and in techniques to achieve desired effects.4.7
  2. Advise dancers on standing and moving properly, teaching correct dance techniques to help prevent injuries.4.6
  3. Teach students, dancers, and other performers about rhythm and interpretive movement.4.4
  4. Direct and stage dance presentations for various forms of entertainment.4.3
  5. Record dance movements and their technical aspects, using a technical understanding of the patterns and formations of choreography.4.3
  6. Choose the music, sound effects, or spoken narrative to accompany a dance.4.1
  7. Experiment with different types of dancers, steps, dances, and placements, testing ideas informally to get feedback from dancers.4.0
  8. Seek influences from other art forms, such as theatre, the visual arts, and architecture.4.0
  9. Coordinate production music with music directors.3.9
  10. Develop ideas for creating dances, keeping notes and sketches to record influences.3.9
  11. Design dances for individual dancers, dance companies, musical theatre, opera, fashion shows, film, television productions, and special events, and for dancers ranging from beginners to professionals.3.8
  12. Audition performers for one or more dance parts.3.8
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  1. Assess students' dancing abilities to determine where improvement or change is needed.3.7
  2. Read and study story lines and musical scores to determine how to translate ideas and moods into dance movements.3.6
  3. Train, exercise, and attend dance classes to maintain high levels of technical proficiency, physical ability, and physical fitness.3.6
  4. Design sets, lighting, costumes, and other artistic elements of productions, in collaboration with cast members.3.6
  5. Manage dance schools, or assist in their management.3.3
  6. Restage traditional dances and works in dance companies' repertoires, developing new interpretations.2.8

Knowledge

Bodies of knowledge the work draws on.

  • Fine Arts4.56.2Level 7 looks like: Design an exhibit for a major art show
  • Administration and Management3.34.0Level 4 looks like: Monitor progress of a project to ensure timely completion
  • Education and Training3.34.7Level 4 looks like: Lead a quality improvement seminar
  • Production and Processing3.34.0Level 4 looks like: Supervise an appliance assembly line
  • Communications and Media3.13.7Level 4 looks like: Host a music radio show
  • Design3.13.5Level 4 looks like: Design plans for remodeling a kitchen
  • English Language3.03.2Level 4 looks like: Edit an article for a news website
  • Psychology2.93.4Level 4 looks like: Understand the impact of alcohol on human responses
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  • Personnel and Human Resources2.83.6Level 4 looks like: Interview applicants for an administrative position
  • Customer and Personal Service2.73.2Level 4 looks like: Be responsible for 10 children at daycare
  • Computers and Electronics2.63.2Level 4 looks like: Use a computer to format a document
  • Sales and Marketing2.63.4Level 4 looks like: Introduce clients to a new line of products
  • Sociology and Anthropology2.32.4Level 1 looks like: Identify two cultures in a story as being different
  • Administrative2.22.4Level 1 looks like: Direct phone calls to the appropriate staff member
  • History and Archeology2.22.2Level 1 looks like: Take a class in US history
  • Philosophy and Theology2.22.6
  • Therapy and Counseling2.22.1Level 1 looks like: Put ice on a sprained ankle
  • Mathematics2.01.7Level 1 looks like: Add two numbers
  • Physics2.01.8Level 1 looks like: Use a crowbar to pry open a box
  • Economics and Accounting1.91.6Level 1 looks like: Answer billing questions from credit card customers
  • Public Safety and Security1.81.3Level 1 looks like: Use a seatbelt
  • Foreign Language1.71.5Level 1 looks like: Say "please" and "thank you" in a foreign language
  • Biology1.61.1Level 1 looks like: Feed domestic animals
  • Engineering and Technology1.61.1Level 1 looks like: Install a door lock
  • Telecommunications1.61.1Level 1 looks like: Send an email
  • Transportation1.61.1Level 1 looks like: Ride a train to work
  • Building and Construction1.50.8Level 1 looks like: Choose the proper type of wood for adding a deck onto a house
  • Law and Government1.51.0Level 1 looks like: Describe the length of a U.S. presidential term
  • Mechanical1.40.8Level 1 looks like: Replace the filters in a furnace
  • Geography1.30.8Level 1 looks like: Know the capital of the United States
  • Medicine and Dentistry1.2—
  • Chemistry1.1—
  • Food Production1.1—

Abilities

Enduring capacities the work calls for.

  • Gross Body Coordination4.15.3Level 6 looks like: Perform a ballet dance
  • Gross Body Equilibrium4.04.4Level 4 looks like: Walk on ice across a pond
  • Oral Expression4.04.1Level 4 looks like: Give instructions to a lost motorist
  • Originality4.04.3Level 4 looks like: Redesign job tasks to be interesting for employees
  • Fluency of Ideas3.94.0Level 4 looks like: Think of as many ideas as possible for the name of a new company
  • Oral Comprehension3.94.0Level 4 looks like: Understand a coach's oral instructions for a sport
  • Dynamic Strength3.83.8
  • Extent Flexibility3.83.9Level 4 looks like: Reach for a box on a high warehouse shelf
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  • Stamina3.83.8Level 4 looks like: Climb 6 flights of stairs
  • Trunk Strength3.83.8Level 4 looks like: Shovel snow for half an hour
  • Visualization3.83.8Level 4 looks like: Follow a diagram to assemble a metal storage cabinet
  • Deductive Reasoning3.63.6
  • Multilimb Coordination3.63.5Level 4 looks like: Operate a forklift truck in a warehouse
  • Problem Sensitivity3.63.8Level 4 looks like: Notice from a subtle difference in a client's mood that something is bothering them
  • Speech Clarity3.63.6Level 4 looks like: Make stadium-wide announcements during a sporting event
  • Written Comprehension3.63.4Level 4 looks like: Understand an apartment lease
  • Dynamic Flexibility3.33.4Level 2 looks like: Hand pick a bushel of apples from a tree
  • Inductive Reasoning3.33.1Level 4 looks like: Determine the prime suspect based on crime scene evidence
  • Information Ordering3.33.4Level 2 looks like: Follow the correct steps to make change
  • Speech Recognition3.33.3Level 4 looks like: Identify a former customer's voice over the phone
  • Near Vision3.13.1Level 2 looks like: Read indicators on the dashboard of a car
  • Selective Attention3.13.0Level 2 looks like: Answer a business call with coworkers talking nearby
  • Category Flexibility3.03.0Level 3 looks like: Classify flowers according to size, color, and smell
  • Memorization3.02.9
  • Written Expression3.03.1Level 4 looks like: Write a job recommendation for a subordinate
  • Far Vision2.92.9Level 2 looks like: Read a roadside billboard
  • Time Sharing2.92.9Level 3 looks like: Watch street signs while driving at 30 miles an hour
  • Speed of Limb Movement2.82.8Level 2 looks like: Saw through a thin piece of wood
  • Static Strength2.82.6
  • Arm-Hand Steadiness2.62.6Level 2 looks like: Light a candle
  • Explosive Strength2.62.4Level 2 looks like: Hit a nail with a hammer
  • Flexibility of Closure2.62.8Level 2 looks like: Detect that your phone is ringing while at a concert
  • Perceptual Speed2.62.6Level 2 looks like: Sort mail according to ZIP codes with no time pressure
  • Spatial Orientation2.62.5Level 2 looks like: Use the floor plan to locate a store in a mall
  • Auditory Attention2.42.3Level 2 looks like: Listen to a lecture while people nearby are talking
  • Hearing Sensitivity2.12.0Level 2 looks like: Notice a doorbell ringing
  • Speed of Closure2.12.1Level 3 looks like: Recognize a song after hearing only the first few notes
  • Visual Color Discrimination2.12.0Level 1 looks like: Separate laundry into colors and whites
  • Depth Perception2.01.5Level 2 looks like: Merge a car into traffic on a city street
  • Mathematical Reasoning2.01.8Level 1 looks like: Determine how much 20 oranges will cost when they are priced at 5 for 4 dollars
  • Number Facility2.01.5Level 1 looks like: Add 2 and 7
  • Peripheral Vision2.01.5Level 2 looks like: Keep in step while marching in a band
  • Response Orientation2.01.9Level 2 looks like: When a doorbell and phone ring at the same time, quickly select which to answer first
  • Finger Dexterity1.91.6Level 2 looks like: Put coins in a parking meter
  • Manual Dexterity1.91.6Level 1 looks like: Screw a light bulb into a light socket
  • Reaction Time1.81.0Level 2 looks like: Start to slow down the car when a traffic light turns yellow
  • Wrist-Finger Speed1.80.8
  • Rate Control1.40.4Level 1 looks like: Ride a bicycle alongside a jogger
  • Glare Sensitivity1.1—
  • Control Precision1.0—
  • Night Vision1.0—
  • Sound Localization1.0—

Work activities

Kinds of activity the work is made of.

  • Thinking Creatively4.96.3Level 7 looks like: Create new computer software
  • Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates4.55.9
  • Performing General Physical Activities4.56.1Level 7 looks like: Climb up and down poles to install electricity
  • Coaching and Developing Others4.36.0Level 7 looks like: Coach a college athletic team
  • Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships4.25.7
  • Making Decisions and Solving Problems4.25.2Level 4 looks like: Select the location for a major retail store
  • Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work4.25.6
  • Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates4.15.1Level 4 looks like: Report the results of a sales meeting to a supervisor
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  • Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others4.15.3Level 4 looks like: Organize the cleanup crew after a major sporting event
  • Training and Teaching Others4.15.7
  • Performing for or Working Directly with the Public4.05.5Level 4 looks like: Sell shoes in a crowded shoe store
  • Developing and Building Teams3.95.1Level 4 looks like: Lead an assembly team in an automobile plant
  • Scheduling Work and Activities3.84.8Level 4 looks like: Prepare the work schedule for salesclerks in a large retail store
  • Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People3.74.5Level 4 looks like: Determine the value of property lost in a fire
  • Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others3.74.8Level 4 looks like: Get two subordinates to agree about vacation schedules
  • Assisting and Caring for Others3.64.5Level 4 looks like: Help a medical patient find in-home assistance or healthcare
  • Communicating with People Outside the Organization3.54.5Level 4 looks like: Present information to potential clients about available services
  • Getting Information3.44.0Level 4 looks like: Review a budget
  • Providing Consultation and Advice to Others3.44.6Level 4 looks like: Recommend a new software package to increase operational efficiency
  • Developing Objectives and Strategies3.34.0Level 4 looks like: Develop the plan to complete the merger of two organizations over a 3-year period
  • Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge3.23.8Level 4 looks like: Keep current on changes in maintenance procedures for repairing sports cars
  • Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events3.03.3Level 4 looks like: Judge the suitability of food products for an event
  • Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others3.03.2Level 4 looks like: Interpret how foreign tax laws apply to U.S. exports
  • Selling or Influencing Others2.93.5Level 4 looks like: Make a sales pitch to convince others to buy a product
  • Documenting/Recording Information2.83.3Level 4 looks like: Document the results of a crime scene investigation
  • Processing Information2.83.1Level 4 looks like: Calculate the adjustments for insurance claims
  • Monitoring and Controlling Resources2.73.2Level 4 looks like: Work as a chef responsible for ordering food for the menu
  • Performing Administrative Activities2.73.5Level 4 looks like: Complete tax forms for a small business
  • Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings2.63.0Level 4 looks like: Test electrical circuits
  • Handling and Moving Objects2.43.1Level 4 looks like: Arrange books in a library
  • Staffing Organizational Units2.43.0Level 4 looks like: Interview candidates for a sales position and make hiring recommendations
  • Working with Computers2.42.7
  • Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information2.01.5Level 1 looks like: Estimate the size of household furniture to be shipped
  • Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards2.01.7Level 1 looks like: Review forms for completeness
  • Analyzing Data or Information1.91.7Level 1 looks like: Skim a short article to gather the main point
  • Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials1.91.6Level 1 looks like: Check that doors to building are locked
  • Controlling Machines and Processes1.41.0Level 1 looks like: Operate a cash register
  • Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment1.4—
  • Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment1.3—
  • Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment1.2—
  • Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment1.1—

Work context

The conditions most characteristic of the work, on O*NET's 1–5 context scale.

  • Physical Proximity5.0
  • E-Mail4.8
  • Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams4.8
  • Contact With Others4.7
  • Spend Time Bending or Twisting Your Body4.6
  • Indoors, Environmentally Controlled4.5
  • Level of Competition4.5
  • Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team4.5
  • Spend Time Standing4.4
  • Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions4.2

Technology

13 tools

Software used in this work. In demand: among the tools job postings for this occupation name most. Hot: often named in job postings across the economy.

Hot (6)

  • Facebook
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Word
  • Salesforce software
Other tools (7)
  • Chorel Technology Dance Designer
  • Credo Interactive DanceForms
  • Email software
  • Salesforce Visualforce
  • Social media sites
  • Web browser software
  • YouTube

Related occupations

O*NET's own list of the occupations most related to this one, closest first.

  1. Dancers
  2. Music Directors and Composers
  3. Musicians and Singers
  4. Actors
  5. Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
  6. Talent Directors
  7. Art Directors
  8. Producers and Directors
  9. Self-Enrichment Teachers
  10. Music Therapists

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