COOL ARTS CAREERS TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE MAKING ALL THE RIGHT MOVES 4 CHAPTER TWO FROM AUDITION TO OPENING NIGHT 10 CHAPTER THREE BECOMING A CHOREOGRAPHER 18 CHAPTER FOUR LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE 24 SOME FAMOUS CHOREOGRAPHERS 29 GLOSSARY 30 FOR MORE INFORMATION 31 INDEX 32 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 32
4 COOL ARTS CAREERS CHO REO GRAPHER CHAPTER ONE MAKING ALL THE RIGHT MOVES merson and her friends took a break on the stage of their school auditorium A local shoe store was Choreographers help dancers tell a
filming a commercial there Because the store sold dance shoes the owners decided to put dancers in the commercial Emerson and a few of her classmates took lessons through the school s tap dance program They got to be the stars Emerson was excited to be in the commercial She was also excited to work with a professional choreographer named Mr Allen He showed Emerson and the other dancers what to do in front of the cameras He taught them a simple routine and showed them how to move on the stage Mr Allen also explained changes to the dance steps when the director decided to make the commercial shorter Emerson thought about what an amazing job Mr Allen had He used to be a professional dancer Then he became a choreographer and created dances for other people to perform His work helped Emerson shine during her first television commercial It also made her think about becoming a choreographer herself Like Mr Allen some choreographers spend their time on commercial sets Others oversee auditions and create dance moves for television shows movies and stage productions Some choreographers teach at schools that train professional dancers Choreographers develop new dances or reinterpret traditional ones Choreographer Acia Gray is the cofounder and artistic director of the Tapestry Dance Company in
