Tag: choreography

  • Teaching Non-Dancers: What 20 Years of Choreography Has Taught Me

    Teaching Non-Dancers: What 20 Years of Choreography Has Taught Me

    Teaching Choreography to Non-Dancers Is a Different Skill I’ve been a choreographer for over twenty years. If you paid me and the check cleared, I showed up. Early in my career I thought the job was mostly about technique. Knowing the counts. Building phrases. Getting people to execute movement correctly. Over time I realized technical…

  • The Easiest Way to Break Down Any Song for Choreography

    The Easiest Way to Break Down Any Song for Choreography

    If you’re reading this, my guess is you need to choreograph a dance for some reason and choreography isn’t exactly one of your magical powers. I’m here to help lighten the load. This is a very macro point of view. Like extremely macro. You may find this read a bit broad and open ended. In…