振付家(ふりつけか)

ふりつけか
noun
choreographer
artoccupation
1. choreographer
a person who designs and arranges dance movements for performances
有名(ゆうめい)な振付家(ふりつけか)に依頼(いらい)した。
They commissioned a famous choreographer.
The choreographer of this work is known worldwide.
After a career as a dancer, she transitioned to being a choreographer and now creates choreography for musicals.

Composed of 振付(ふりつけ) (choreography) and 家(か) (professional/expert). The suffix 家(か) indicates a professional or specialist, as in 作曲家(さっきょくか) (composer) or 小説家(しょうせつか) (novelist). 振付(ふりつけ) itself comes from 振(ふ)り付(つ)ける (to assign movements).

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