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How exposed to AI is a Choreographer?

Of the 18 tasks O*NET lists for choreographers, 3 could be done in half the time with a chat window today. 14 cannot be sped up at all. Here is which.

Exposure means published research judged an AI could halve the time a task takes, at the same quality. It does not mean the task stops needing a person. How to read this

Also called
Ballet DirectorChoreographerDance DirectorDance MakerMusical ChoreographerOpera Choreographer
Reachable today Needs software built first Cannot be sped up
18
tasks rated for this occupation
24%
hold a degree, from a survey of 21
4k
people do this job in the US
35 of 40
least protected in arts, design and media

Every task, and what AI can do with it

These are O*NET's task statements for this occupation, exactly as written, sorted into the three bands by the ratings behind this report. Nothing has been reworded.

Reachable with a chat window today

3
  • Choose the music, sound effects, or spoken narrative to accompany a dance
  • Read and study story lines and musical scores to determine how to translate ideas and moods into dance movements
  • Manage dance schools, or assist in their management

Only with software built on top

1
  • Seek influences from other art forms, such as theatre, the visual arts, and architecture

Cannot be sped up

14
  • Direct rehearsals to instruct dancers in dance steps and in techniques to achieve desired effects
  • Teach students, dancers, and other performers about rhythm and interpretive movement
  • Advise dancers on standing and moving properly, teaching correct dance techniques to help prevent injuries
  • 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
  • Experiment with different types of dancers, steps, dances, and placements, testing ideas informally to get feedback from dancers
  • Train, exercise, and attend dance classes to maintain high levels of technical proficiency, physical ability, and physical fitness
  • Develop ideas for creating dances, keeping notes and sketches to record influences
  • Direct and stage dance presentations for various forms of entertainment
  • Audition performers for one or more dance parts
  • Coordinate production music with music directors
  • Design sets, lighting, costumes, and other artistic elements of productions, in collaboration with cast members
  • Restage traditional dances and works in dance companies' repertoires, developing new interpretations
  • Record dance movements and their technical aspects, using a technical understanding of the patterns and formations of choreography
  • Assess students' dancing abilities to determine where improvement or change is needed
What this does not say

This is not a prediction about your job

Nobody surveyed an employer. Tasks are counted equally, so a percentage here is a share of the list rather than a share of your week. And the ratings were made in 2023, which makes every figure a floor rather than a ceiling.

It must never be used to select anyone for redundancy. The full limits are here.

Where to go next

This is the standard task list for the title. The useful next question is which of the tasks you actually do should go near AI, and which should not.

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Exposure ratings from Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs, Science 384, 1306–1308, 2024, used under the MIT licence. This page includes information from the O*NET Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. People Team AI has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Employment figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.