Also choregraphy, choriography. [mod. f. Gr. χορεία dancing + -γραφια writing. Cf. mod.F. chorégraphie, in both senses.] a. The written notation of dancing. ? Obs. b. The art of dancing.
a. 1789. Burney, Hist. Mus. (ed. 2), II. i. 50. In Choregraphy an art invented about two hundred years ago to delineate the figures and steps of dances.
1844. Blackw. Mag., LV. 295. Why not … elevate choriography to the rank of one of the fine arts?… since all eyes are amenable to the charm of exquisite dancing.
1847. Craig, Choregraphy, the art of representing dancing by signs, as singing is by notes.
