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Choreographic Verse

Concept
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Poetry designed to be performed with coordinated bodily movement or dance

Detailed Definition
Choreographic Verse integrates principles of dance—gesture, spatial arrangement, kinetic rhythm—into poetic structure, either through visual layout (concrete poetry), kinetic typography, or thematic engagement with movement; such poetry treats the page or performance space as a stage, where words enact physicality, as in the typographical dances of Apollinaire or the embodied rhythms of contemporary somatic poetics.
Example
Example in poetry:
Choreographic Verse links movement and text: Isadora Duncan’s collaborations with poets; contemporary poets like Eleni Sikelianos create Choreographic Verse for dance performances; the form appears in scores where words dictate gesture; Choreographic Verse merges kinesthetic and linguistic expression; it challenges static page-bound poetry
Additional Notes
Verse designed for movement or dance accompaniment. Performance-based form emphasizing physical rhythm. Study with ballet librettos and dance notation.
Also Known As
kinetic poetry movement verse
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