Choreographers work with production teams to plan and teach dance routines for films, TV shows, and musicals. They ensure continuity throughout productions and often work with both dancers and actors. Famous choreographers like Peter Darling and Arlene Phillips are known for their award-winning work on productions like Billy Elliot the Musical. During pre-production, choreographers must understand characters and storylines to represent them through movement in the final production.

1. Choreographer
Choreographers work with producers, directors, designers and other members
of the production team to plan, create and comprehend the dance or
movement design concept. They work with qualified dancers and with Actors
to teach them the compulsory steps and routines, and to ensurethat
continuity is maintained throughoutproductions. Choreographers always are
hired on any film production including dance routines, and larger-scalemusical
and/or dance television productions. With bigger productions, they might work
with an assistantchoreographer. They may also be employed as Movement
Directors, demonstrating correctperiod etiquette, robotic movements, helping
male actors to play women characters.
Examples of famous Choreographers:
Peter Darling- He is an English dancer and choreographer bestknown for his
award-winning work in Billy Elliot the Musical.
Arlene Phillips- She is a choreographer, theatredirector, talent scout,
television judge and presenter, and former dancer, who has worked in many
fields of entertainment.
Pre-production
Artistic vision, artistic integrity
Need to read the scripts to get an understanding of the characters to
understand their story to see how you will representthem in the production.
Director is in charge of telling the story for the audience to get. From that they
then need to think of whatcostumes they will need, wherethe dance and
music will come in. Does the lighting need to compliment the characters
feelings? This all is the preparation the director and team around the director
needs to think about before they startto plan the show.
 Artistic Vision
 Artistic integrity
 Production Values
Director and designers job, how they overseethe show. Thetextiles,
photography, music, drama, art