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Since I did the last one on Improvisation.  I thought that I would comment toward the fact of Choreography.

Choreography is a deficit for me.  It's not that I don't like it, but it is a skill I don't have down.

There is something about a well planned piece that looks just amazing.  There is so much time and planning that goes into it.   You listen to the music with a different kind of ear than if you are improvising.

There are so many ways to choreograph that it boggles my brains.
There is the style where you have no music and the moves in sequence just come to you, then you find a piece of music where you tie it all together, adjusting the speed of the movements to match the musical phrasing.

Then you have the style where you listen to a particular piece in segments and match the movements to that, linking these increments together

If that doesn't blow your mind....  you have another where you have combination's of movements that you have already written down and then you string those together making adjustments and new combination to go from move A to B and so forth.

I have no doubt that choreographers have many other ways to put this stuff together that I haven't listed.  Since, I am sure that no two dancers do anything the same way.

Any way it gets done, is a time consuming and very rewarding way of putting together a performance. 
But, we cannot forget the kind of practice that goes with choreography.  The time that goes into making each part of it just perfect.  The drilling, the counting, the linking of one segment of music to another. 
You've created something reliable, something you can count on.
A sense of satisfaction that you have started and finished a piece and can go back to it time and again.

The time that goes into this style of working with your dance and music, marks a very well organized and shows a marked kind of professionalism that leaves me, as an audience member in awe of what they have created.  Inspired to watch and understand that they have heard a piece of music differently than I have.

I am not just talking about a solo artist, this kind of awe also goes with troupe directors and troupes that have mastered this kind of style as a whole. 
I imagine that as a troupe director you have the additional pressure of being patient with your dancers.  Working with them to get them on board to your vision of movement and then helping them to practice again and again to make sure that everyone hands, feet and heads are all on the same angle, the same distance apart and encouraging them to get all on the same page at the same time.
I also imagine that as a soloist, you have a little more room to wiggle, since you only have yourself to worry about even a bit of room for error.  Since it won't be as obvious to the audience if you turn left, when you should have gone right.

While I am in awe of those who can do this.  It won't stop me from continuing to try to develop this skill.  At the moment, it is all about baby steps for me in this direction.  A combination here and there, until I find a way to link them all together in a way that makes sense to me.

Until the dimmer switch in my head, goes blaring to full bright.  I will continue to watch and be awestruck by the dancers who do this and do it well.   My hats off to you and I will forever be grateful for the beauty you give to dance and will strive to better this skill.