The purpose of the article is to study and analyze the compositional features of a choreographic sketch; to examine the trends of formation of the principles of choreographic composition and production dramaturgy. The research methodology consisted in the organic combination of the basic principles of research: objectivity, historicism, multifactorness, consistency, comprehensiveness; to achieve the objectives of the research, the following methods of scientific knowledge were used: problem-chronological, concrete-historical, statistical, descriptive, logical and analytical. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the comprehensive analysis of the compositional features of a choreographic sketch and highlighting the main principles of composition and production dramaturgy. Conclusions. It was found that the uniqueness of creating a choreographic sketch as a small but complex independent story lies in the consideration of such components as ornamentality of dance, which makes the production meaningful and decorative; dance composition, which consists of dramaturgy, background music, choreographic patterns and angles. However, the top priority is the creative personality of the choreographer, their temperament, imagination, creative thinking, integrity of beliefs in setting the super-task, their courage to experiment for the sake of realizing extraordinary and innovative choreographic productions.