# Choreographers

> Create new dance routines. Rehearse performance of routines. May direct and stage presentations.

- **SOC code:** 27-2032.00
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/roles/role-27-2032-00
- **Also known as:** Choreographer, Dance Director, Dance Maker, Opera Choreographer, Ballet Director, Musical Choreographer, Choreography Director, Dance Choreographer
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap (how codifiable the work is), not jobs lost or a forecast. Every figure below is traced to a named public dataset.

## What this work is

**Core tasks** (O*NET):
- Direct rehearsals to instruct dancers in dance steps and in techniques to achieve desired effects.
- Advise dancers on standing and moving properly, teaching correct dance techniques to help prevent injuries.
- Teach students, dancers, and other performers about rhythm and interpretive movement.
- Direct and stage dance presentations for various forms of entertainment.
- Record dance movements and their technical aspects, using a technical understanding of the patterns and formations of choreography.
- Choose the music, sound effects, or spoken narrative to accompany a dance.
- Experiment with different types of dancers, steps, dances, and placements, testing ideas informally to get feedback from dancers.
- Seek influences from other art forms, such as theatre, the visual arts, and architecture.
- Develop ideas for creating dances, keeping notes and sketches to record influences.
- Coordinate production music with music directors.
- 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.
- Audition performers for one or more dance parts.

**Emerging tasks** (O*NET):
- Plan and direct rehearsals to instruct dancers in dance steps and in techniques to achieve desired effects.

## Skills, tools, capabilities

**Knowledge, skills & abilities** (O*NET, highest importance first):
- Fine Arts _(knowledge)_
- Gross Body Coordination _(ability)_
- Instructing _(transferable_skill)_
- Oral Expression _(ability)_
- Originality _(ability)_
- Gross Body Equilibrium _(ability)_
- Active Listening _(essential_skill)_
- Speaking _(essential_skill)_
- Coordination _(transferable_skill)_
- Oral Comprehension _(ability)_
- Fluency of Ideas _(ability)_
- Monitoring _(essential_skill)_

**Skills in demand:**
- Instructing _(Specialized Skill)_
- Active Listening _(Common Skill)_
- Visualization _(Specialized Skill)_
- Social Perceptiveness _(Common Skill)_
- Learning Strategies _(Specialized Skill)_
- Deductive Reasoning _(Common Skill)_
- Reading Comprehension _(Common Skill)_
- Time Management _(Common Skill)_
- Critical Thinking _(Common Skill)_
- Speech Recognition _(Specialized Skill)_
- Information Ordering _(Specialized Skill)_
- Inductive Reasoning _(Common Skill)_

**Tools & technology:**
- Facebook _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Excel _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Office software _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft PowerPoint _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Word _(hot technology)_
- Salesforce software _(hot technology)_
- Chorel Technology Dance Designer
- Credo Interactive DanceForms
- Email software
- Salesforce Visualforce
- Social media sites
- Web browser software

## AI exposure & outlook

- **AI task-overlap index:** 32nd percentile (Low) across all occupations — composite of current-era exposure studies (ai-exposure-index-v1).
- **Overall AI exposure (Felten et al.):** 5th percentile (Low) — source: felten_aioe.
- **LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou):** 43rd percentile (Moderate) — source: eloundou_gamma.
- **AI assistant applicability (Microsoft):** 53rd percentile (Moderate) — source: microsoft_applicability.
- **Frey–Osborne (2013, historical computerization estimate):** 2nd percentile — kept separate from current-era studies.
- **Remote-capable (Dingel–Neiman):** no — task structure, not who actually works remote.
- **Projected employment (BLS 2024–34):** 6.1% growth (About average); 0.7k annual openings; 4.6k → 4.9k jobs.
- **Pay & employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** median $55,600; 3,430 employed.

## How people actually use AI here

Anthropic Economic Index — measured AI conversations mapped to this occupation's tasks:

- **Automation vs augmentation:** 41% automation, 55% augmentation (usage-weighted).
- **Autonomy median:** 4.0 (higher = AI acts more independently).
- **Dominant collaboration mode:** task iteration.

**Tasks most handed to AI here:**
- Develop ideas for creating dances, keeping notes and sketches to record influences. _(12.9% of measured AI use; task iteration)_
- Teach students, dancers, and other performers about rhythm and interpretive movement. _(0.4% of measured AI use; learning)_

**Example prompts (honest phrasings of the tasks above — starting points, not endorsed instructions):**
- Help me develop ideas for creating dances, keeping notes and sketches to record influences.
- Help me teach students, dancers, and other performers about rhythm and interpretive movement.

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)** (May 2024) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS Employment Projections** (2024–2034) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **Anthropic Economic Index** (v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27)) — Anthropic. https://www.anthropic.com/economic-index
- **Microsoft “Working with AI”** (working-with-ai) — Microsoft Research. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130
- **AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE)** (Felten, Raj & Seamans) — academic. https://github.com/AIOE-Data/AIOE
- **Frey & Osborne (2013)** (frey-osborne-automation) — academic. https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/publications/the-future-of-employment/
- **Dingel & Neiman (2020)** (dingel-neiman-workathome) — academic. https://github.com/jdingel/DingelNeiman-workathome

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-02T21:00:32.945303+00:00. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-27-2032-00_