Three Broadway Luminaries on Choreographing Straight Plays

Dance Magazine: “It’s about the storytelling,” says Susan Stroman. “It’s about when the audience walks in, what are they gonna see?” says Sonya Tayeh. “It’s such a weird, such a specific thing in the industry,” says Sam Pinkleton. The “it” is choreographing plays—which can mean adding subtle movement that never registers as choreography, or creating an unapologetic, front-facing dance number, or designing dancing that looks totally spontaneous—mostly without any dance-trained bodies.