The descriptive systems that account for rhythm, movement and the overall design of the artworks in dance and poetry are called, respectively, choreography and prosody. These systems include categorization of types of dance and poetry as well as more finely-grained accounts of moves. At the formal, whole ‘text’ level are genres in dance and poetry such as formal and classical dances, jazz, hip-hop and other contemporary forms on the one hand; and formal poetic forms (villanelle, sonnet), liberated poetic forms (formal patterns that can be varied) and free verse forms on the other. A central element that is common to both art forms is rhythm. The study of rhythm in the early twenty-first century has taken on a new dimension after an initial revival at the start of the twentieth century. Now, rhythm is seen as ever more central to the arts and yet, at the same time, remains hard to translate into words. Dance and poetry are at the heart of this exploration of rhythm. To explore the correspondences between choreographic notations and poetic prosodies, this chapter undertakes a survey of the different types of descriptive and analytical systems. To complement this survey, the chapter also includes an initial table showing the common ground between dance, music and poetry—one which is developed further in the rest of the book.