Choreographers
Create new dance routines. Rehearse performance of routines. May direct and stage presentations.
2,860 people do this job in the US. $55,310 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 45%
- 0%
- 55%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 6%. Today's estimate: 10%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 18 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 13% | 2.1 work days3.3 h to 1.7 work weeks | 1%Half by Sep 2028 | |
| Direct rehearsals to instruct dancers in dance steps and in techniques to achieve desired effects.Done daily by most who do it. | 13% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Direct and stage dance presentations for various forms of entertainment.Done daily by most who do it. | 11% | 5 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days | Stays with people | |
| Restage traditional dances and works in dance companies' repertoires, developing new interpretations.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 8% | 1.7 work days3.3 h to 1.3 work weeks | Stays with people | |
| Record dance movements and their technical aspects, using a technical understanding of the patterns and formations of choreography.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 2.5 h50 min to 1 work day | 40%Half by Dec 2026 | |
| Develop ideas for creating dances, keeping notes and sketches to record influences.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 7% | 3.3 h1.7 h to 1.7 work days | 32%Half by Jan 2027 | |
| Experiment with different types of dancers, steps, dances, and placements, testing ideas informally to get feedback from dancers.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 2.5 h50 min to 5 h | Stays with people | |
| Manage dance schools, or assist in their management.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 4.2 work days | 6%Half by Jan 2028 | |
| Advise dancers on standing and moving properly, teaching correct dance techniques to help prevent injuries.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Teach students, dancers, and other performers about rhythm and interpretive movement.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 1.7 h50 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Read and study story lines and musical scores to determine how to translate ideas and moods into dance movements.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 4% | 3.3 h50 min to 1.3 work days | 25%Half by Mar 2027 | |
| Train, exercise, and attend dance classes to maintain high levels of technical proficiency, physical ability, and physical fitness.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 1.7 h50 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
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