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Create and visualise choreography
Methods and tutorials to place dancers on stage, build dance formations and validate the result in 2D, 3D and an audience view — before the first rehearsal.
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Getting started
The basics: place your dancers, build formations and chain transitions.
Choreography Software: Build and Visualise Formations
Choreography software places dancers, animates transitions, and syncs formations to the music before rehearsal. A practical, hands-on guide.
Read the guideHow to Make a Dance for a Song: Choreography Step by Step
How to make your own dance, from the music to the run-through: cut the song, count in 8s, map its structure, write phrases, place the group, rehearse.
Read the guideHow to Create Dance Formations: A Step-by-Step Guide
Lines, diagonals, circles, V's, staggered rows: the real group dance formations, how to build them, link them, and check them onstage.
Read the guidePlacing Dancers on Stage: Methods and Markers
Master placing dancers on stage: stage left/right, downstage, upstage, lines and diagonals. Stage markers, balance of mass, and readability for the audience.
Read the guideDance Formation Transitions: Pathways and Timing
A fact-checked guide to dance formation transitions: how to map pathways, lock changes to the music, and master spacing without collisions.
Read the guideHow to Build a Stage Plot for a Dance Show
Stage plot basics: stage left/right, downstage/upstage, deck dimensions, scale, layout and handoff to your technical team. A complete method.
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By dance style
Advice tailored to each discipline, from hip hop to baton twirling.
Hip Hop Choreography: Crew, Musicality & Formations
Build group hip hop choreography that works: musicality, hits, the 8-count, crew formations, unison, canon, ripples, and clean transitions.
Read the guideK-pop Dance Formations: Position Changes & Blocking
Master K-pop dance formations, position changes, and stage blocking. A hands-on guide for choreographers, teachers, and group cover dancers.
Read the guideCheerleading Formations: Roles, Stunts and a Formation App
Cheerleading positions and roles: what bases, flyer and spotters do, how many people a stunt needs, how high pyramids go, and what a formation app can plan.
Read the guideBaton Twirling Formations: Prepping Your Routines
Baton twirling and majorette formations: group exchanges, the floor, parade vs. judged routine, and federation rules (UFOLEP, FFSTB, IBTF).
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By project & occasion
Recital, class, musical or flash mob: organise a group from start to finish.
Group Choreography: Unison, Canon, Accumulation, Formations
How to build a group choreography: unison, canon, counterpoint, accumulation (A, then AB, then ABC), mirroring, formations and where dancers are most visible.
Read the guideDance Recital Planning: Choreography & Stage Prep
Plan your year-end dance recital step by step: backward timeline, show order, stage setup, backstage roles, and day-of logistics.
Read the guideMusical Staging: Blocking Dancers in Ensemble Numbers
What blocking means in musical theatre and how to block dancers in ensemble numbers: the nine stage areas, focus, unison, canon and sightlines.
Read the guideWedding & Flash Mob Choreography: Lead the Group
Plan a wedding or flash mob choreography: lead a group of amateur dancers, place everyone, keep movement simple, and share the plan.
Read the guideDance Teacher Tool: Classes, Shows & Staging
Plan your classes, organise groups and levels, build a show, and pass clear formations to your students with the right method and stage vocabulary.
Read the guideDance Studio Software: Which Kind Do You Actually Need?
Studio management (enrolment, scheduling, payments) or stage preparation (spacing, formations): two different families of tools, often confused.
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Visualise & share
See the real on-stage result and hand the choreography to your team.
Visualise Choreography in 3D: Top, 3D & Audience View
Preview your formations from above, in 3D, and from the house. Sightlines, stage left/right, and the ideal seat: see what the audience will actually see.
Read the guideHow to Share Choreography With Your Whole Troupe
Reference video, notes by 8-count, shared stage vocabulary, and dance notation: how to teach choreography and lock in everyone's spacing.
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More guides
Dance Blocking App: Dance Placement and Stage Blocking
A dance blocking app places dancers on a scaled stage and animates their paths between formations: what it does, website or app, free plans, how to choose.
Read the guideStage left vs stage right: stage directions for dancers
Stage left vs stage right, house left, upstage and the nine-area stage directions map, plus spike marks and number lines, explained for dancers.
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Free · 3 choreographies · 4 formations per choreography