Choreo!

Choreo Hacks

100

• Create a short 4-count phrase. On the repeat, add one brand-new movement count to the end of it every single time you dance it (e.g., 1-2-3-4, then 1-2-3-4-5, then 1-2-3-4-5-6).

What is accumulation?

200

• Make an 8-count routine. Now, pick just one tiny fraction of it—like a 1-count wrist flick—and repeat/loop that single tiny piece by itself for a full 8 counts.

What is fragmentation?

300

• Show a standing 8-count. Immediately repeat it by flipping it upside down, executing the same basic shapes while your weight is supported by the floor (e.g., on your back, knees, or hands).

What is an inversion?

400

• Show a 8-count dance move traveling forward. Immediately dance the exact same steps completely backward in reverse order, like a video rewinding.

What is an retrograde?

500

• Create a simple 8-count phrase. On the repeat, keep the exact same steps but add a tiny, detailed decoration on top

What is an embellishment?

Remix Time

100

Take a 4-count movement phrase. On the repeat, add a complete freeze or suspension of all movement for a specific duration, breaking up the flow of the phrase before completing the remaining steps.

What is a pause, freeze, or stillness?

200

• Create an 8-count phrase where you completely strip away any steady musical rhythm or counting, making the movements happen based entirely on your breath or natural body cues.

What is Breath Timing / Non-Metric Rhythm?

300

• Grab two classmates and show an 8-count phrase where you all do the exact same moves, but you each start 2 counts after the person next to you.

What is a canon?

400

• Create an 8-count phrase where your steps hit normal, steady counts. On the repeat, shift your steps so you are intentionally hitting the unexpected "and" counts or off-beats.

What is syncopation.

500

Partner up with a classmate. Create an 8-count phrase where you both dance at the same time, but one person's movements strictly divide the phrase into a triplet rhythm (3-count feel) while the other moves in a (2-count) rhythm

What is a polyrhythm?

Idea Starters

100

• Take a 4-count routine you know well, break it apart into separate individual counts, and dance those exact counts in a completely jumbled, randomized order.

What is deconstruction?

200

• Create an 8-count phrase built like a standard sentence: 4 counts of an introductory question statement, followed by a completely different 4 counts that act as the final, clear punctuation answer.

What is call and response/question and answer form?

300

• Show a 8-count phrase where the first 4 counts are explosive, sharp, and low to the ground, and the last 4 counts are instantly the exact opposite: soft, smooth, and high.

What is contrast?

400

• Take a basic 2-count gesture representing an emotion (like sadness or anger). Expand it into an 8-count phrase by repeating that core gesture at three totally different levels with different speeds.

What is motif?

500

• Take an everyday, literal action like scrolling on your phone or brushing your teeth and change its size, speed, and level over an 8-count phrase until it looks like an actual dance.

What is abstraction?

Genres

100

Create a contemporary or modern dance 8-count phrase where you drop your weight completely to the floor using gravity, and immediately use the rebounding energy to push yourself back up to standing.

What is fall and recovery?

200

• Create a 8-count hip-hop or jazz phrase where you move only your ribcage or shoulders while keeping the entire rest of your body completely frozen.

What is an isolation?

300

•  Create a 8-count modern dance phrase where you strongly pull your core backward into a curved, hollowed shape, and then immediately push your chest forward to fully extend the spine.

What is contract and release?

400

• Create a 8-count ballet or contemporary phrase where you reach the absolute highest point of a jump or relevé, freezing for a breathless moment of weightlessness before landing.

What is suspension?

500

• Create an 8-count phrase that blends two totally different styles

What is a fusion?