27-2032.00 · Task explorer
Choreographers: reported tasks and exploration worksheet
Create new dance routines. Rehearse performance of routines. May direct and stage presentations.
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This source lists 18 tasks, including 17 marked Core and 1 marked Supplemental. Labels and dates are retained below. Employers can combine or divide these responsibilities differently; explore the task itself before assuming it belongs in every version of the role.
Task source dates: 08/2024.
18 tasks shown
Core · Task 11028 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Direct rehearsals to instruct dancers in dance steps and in techniques to achieve desired effects.
Core · Task 11032 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Advise dancers on standing and moving properly, teaching correct dance techniques to help prevent injuries.
Core · Task 11038 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Teach students, dancers, and other performers about rhythm and interpretive movement.
Core · Task 11043 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Record dance movements and their technical aspects, using a technical understanding of the patterns and formations of choreography.
Core · Task 11035 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Direct and stage dance presentations for various forms of entertainment.
Core · Task 11031 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Choose the music, sound effects, or spoken narrative to accompany a dance.
Core · Task 11040 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Experiment with different types of dancers, steps, dances, and placements, testing ideas informally to get feedback from dancers.
Core · Task 11041 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Seek influences from other art forms, such as theatre, the visual arts, and architecture.
Core · Task 11036 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Develop ideas for creating dances, keeping notes and sketches to record influences.
Core · Task 11033 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Coordinate production music with music directors.
Core · Task 11030 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
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.
Core · Task 11034 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Audition performers for one or more dance parts.
Core · Task 11039 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Assess students' dancing abilities to determine where improvement or change is needed.
Core · Task 11042 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Design sets, lighting, costumes, and other artistic elements of productions, in collaboration with cast members.
Core · Task 11037 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Train, exercise, and attend dance classes to maintain high levels of technical proficiency, physical ability, and physical fitness.
Core · Task 11029 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Read and study story lines and musical scores to determine how to translate ideas and moods into dance movements.
Core · Task 11045 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Manage dance schools, or assist in their management.
Supplemental · Task 11044 · 08/2024 · Occupational Expert
Restage traditional dances and works in dance companies' repertoires, developing new interpretations.
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