What exactly does the word 'choreograph' mean?

If you imagine a jigsaw, with all of the pieces all over the place, then think of these pieces as different dance steps. Somebody who choreographs is somebody who puts all of the pieces of the jigsaw together and makes the complete picture, or the final dance routine.

Everybody will have his or her own creative ideas about dance steps which can be used in a dance routine to add to the overall picture in a dance. See if you can think of some of your own dance steps. Your body can move in hundred of different ways - you can rotate, jump, stretch, turn, twist and use your arms and legs to create different shapes.