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Mark the non-negotiable details
Separate the details that must stay exact from the effort you can safely reduce.
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Mark Choreography Without Losing the Details
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12 min
Beginner
Creative Planning
Build a Skill
Build a section-by-section marking plan that keeps the choreography readable and accurate without requiring a full-energy run.
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Make Your Play
Give us the situation. We’ll build the prompt.
Protect the details that often disappear while marking, especially weight changes, directional shifts, transitions, and performance intent.
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What you'll do
This is the plan inside your prompt. Add your details first. Then follow these steps with ChatGPT or Claude.
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Run the section checklist
Mark each section once, checking its start position, essential details, and finish position before continuing.
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Test the joins
Connect the sections where timing, direction, or weight placement is most likely to break down.
Make Your Play
Mark Choreography Without Losing the Details
Tell us what the prompt needs to know
Start with the questions below. Each answer personalizes the playbook and builds the prompt you’ll use at the end.
Your situation
Describe the choreography section, including counts, lyrics, directions, and major movement phrases.
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List the details or transitions that tend to disappear when you mark.
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Select the effort level you can use for this rehearsal.
Describe the quality, character, or emotional intention that should remain visible.
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What you'll do
Check a step when you finish it.
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Mark the non-negotiable details
Separate the details that must stay exact from the effort you can safely reduce.
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Run the section checklist
Mark each section once, checking its start position, essential details, and finish position before continuing.
03
Test the joins
Connect the sections where timing, direction, or weight placement is most likely to break down.
Fill in the fields above to generate your prompt preview.
Assembled prompt
Beginner instructions
Write the movement in plain language. Include any counts, lyrics, directions, or corrections you remember. If exact counts are unclear, use recognizable cues such as “after the turn” or “on the second lyric.”
Advanced instructions
Add spacing, dynamic changes, breath cues, partner timing, and musical accents that must remain visible while marking.
Use this when
You need to rehearse below full energy but still want the next full-out run to be accurate.
You'll need
- Choreography section
- Trouble spots
- Marking level
- Performance intent
You'll get
- Every section paired with a clear marking choice
- Counts, pathways, facings, arm lines, and weight shifts checked
- Entry and exit positions confirmed
- Two difficult transitions tested without a full-out run
By the end of this playbook
You will have:
- Every section paired with a clear marking choice
- Counts, pathways, facings, arm lines, and weight shifts checked
- Entry and exit positions confirmed
- Two difficult transitions tested without a full-out run
Examples
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