Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a choreographer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a choreographer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Choreographers create sequences of movements in which motion, form or both are specified. Some choreographers also take up the role of coordinating, teaching and rehearsing performers in the production of the choreography. They can also act as a movement coach for actors.

Also known as dance notation specialist, movement director, choreographer & movement director, aquatic choreographer, tap ballet dancer choreographer, ballet choreographer, aerial choreographer, circus choreographer, martial arts choreographer, movement director & choreographer, theatre choreographer, contemporary dance choreographer.

Professionals 49 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: choreologist, 78%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
choreologist 78% covered artistic coach 67% covered dance répétiteur 59% covered dancer 46% covered fight director 41% covered choreographer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from choreographer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a choreographer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A choreographer needs 33 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • develop a choreographic language communication, collaboration and creativity
  • develop a choreographic work communication, collaboration and creativity
  • ensure longevity of choreography communication, collaboration and creativity
  • design flying movements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • rehearse artist fly movements management skills
  • train artists in flying communication, collaboration and creativity
  • understand the physical language of a live performance communication, collaboration and creativity
  • create new fight sequences communication, collaboration and creativity
  • understand the conceptual dimension of a live performance communication, collaboration and creativity
  • work with broad variety of personalities communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a choreographer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Choreographer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a choreographer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.