Why do the listings for musicals omit the name of the choreographer?

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Just curious
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David Kravitz

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If this is about credits listed in the IMDb, choreographers are in the Miscellaneous Crew/Other Crew section of a title's cast and crew. 

IMDb Help Center Page:
Filmography Credits - Miscellaneous Crew: Overview
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David Kravitz

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Thanks. Is the G for Gower, one of the greats?
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David: They don't omit the name of the choreographer when that information is known. Choreographers are listed in the Other Crew section, also known as Miscellaneous Crew. 

There have been requests on this site to have IMDb establish a separate department in the listing for Choreographers, but establishing a new department on IMDb takes a good deal of effort and thus these requests have not yet been fulfilled.
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David Kravitz

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Thank you. I tried it for "Singin' in the Rain" and you are right, but it takes a lot of finding. It should be listed with producer, director, writer etc. 
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The other place a choreographer might appear is in the Music department, when their credit reads something like "musical numbers staged by".
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David Kravitz

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Thanks.

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