diff --git a/avatars.md b/avatars.md
index de8be42..939d244 100644
--- a/avatars.md
+++ b/avatars.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ; 0-1 - offset to choreography index
 ; 2-3 - offset to choreography tables
 ; 4-6 - unknown, seems to always be ED 14 00
-; 7-18 - offsets of limbs (two bytes each, 6 limbs)
+; 7-18 - array of offsets of limbs (two bytes each, 6 limbs)
 
 ; 19-44 - as follows
 ; (display_avatar in animate.m:30 copies 26 bytes into these tables)
@@ -32,11 +32,8 @@ cels_affected_by_height:
 ; can have many different cels. however, only one cel per limb is 
 ; displayed at any given time.
 
-; avatar_height is defined in orientation - either 0 or 8 depending on the high bit
-
-; limbs are _embedded_ props?? animate.m get_av_prop_address
-(A * 2) + 8 - high byte of offset!!
-
+; avatar_height is defined in orientation - either 0 or 8 depending on 
+; the high bit
 
 ; limb "prop":
 ; 0 - count of cel index "frames", minus one 
@@ -48,13 +45,49 @@ cels_affected_by_height:
 ; 1-2 - unknown. first byte seems to always be zero. second byte seems
 ;   to be correlated with the number of frames or cels, but isn't a direct
 ;   count of either.
-; 3 - list of "frames" (cel indexes), (count + 1) bytes long
-; (count + 4) - list of cel offsets (two-byte values)
+; 3 - array of "frames" (cel indexes), (count + 1) bytes long
+; (count + 4) - array of cel offsets (two-byte values)
 
 ; cels are in exactly the same format as in props.
 
 ; choreography index:
-; TBD
+; array of bytes, which are indexes into choreography tables.
+; this is indexed by the bottom 7 bits of `requested_chore`.
+
+Possible choreography values? some special cases are handled in chore.m:212
+which suggests these as valid values.
+;	define	AV_ACT_init		= 0x80	+ 0
+	define	AV_ACT_stand		= 0x80	+ 1
+	define	AV_ACT_walk		= 0x80	+ 2
+	define	AV_ACT_hand_back	= 0x80	+ 3
+	define	AV_ACT_sit_floor	= 0x80	+ 4
+	define	AV_ACT_sit_chair	= 0x80	+ 5
+	define	AV_ACT_bend_over	= 0x80	+ 6
+	define	AV_ACT_bend_back	= 0x80	+ 7
+	define	AV_ACT_point		= 0x80	+ 8
+	define	AV_ACT_throw		= 0x80	+ 9
+	define	AV_ACT_get_shot		= 0x80	+ 10
+	define	AV_ACT_jump		= 0x80	+ 11
+	define	AV_ACT_punch		= 0x80	+ 12
+	define	AV_ACT_wave		= 0x80	+ 13
+	define	AV_ACT_frown		= 0x80	+ 14
+	define	AV_ACT_stand_back	= 0x80	+ 15
+	define	AV_ACT_walk_front	= 0x80	+ 16
+	define	AV_ACT_walk_back	= 0x80	+ 17
+	define	AV_ACT_stand_front	= 0x80	+ 18
+	define	AV_ACT_unpocket		= 0x80	+ 19
+	define	AV_ACT_gimme		= 0x80	+ 20
+	define	AV_ACT_knife		= 0x80	+ 21
+	define	AV_ACT_arm_get		= 0x80	+ 22
+	define	AV_ACT_hand_out		= 0x80	+ 23
+	define	AV_ACT_operate		= 0x80	+ 24
+	define	AV_ACT_arm_back		= 0x80	+ 25
+	define	AV_ACT_shoot1		= 0x80	+ 26
+	define	AV_ACT_shoot2		= 0x80	+ 27
+	define	AV_ACT_nop		= 0x80	+ 28
+	define	AV_ACT_sit_front	= 0x80	+ 29
 
 ; choreography tables:
-; TBD
\ No newline at end of file
+; an array of arrays of bytes, indicating "states". if the high bit is 
+; set, this signals the end of the inner array.
+; unclear at this time how exactly these values are interpreted.
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 5001b78..6c88abf 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -491,6 +491,13 @@ const decodeLimb = (data, limb) => {
         limb.cels.push(decodeCel(new DataView(data.buffer, data.byteOffset + celOff)))
     }
 }
+const choreographyActions = [
+    "init", "stand", "walk", "hand_back", "sit_floor", "bend_over", 
+    "bend_back", "point", "throw", "get_shot", "jump", "punch", "wave",
+    "frown", "stand_back", "walk_front", "walk_back", "stand_front",
+    "unpocket", "gimme", "knife", "arm_get", "hand_out", "operate",
+    "arm_back", "shoot1", "shoot2", "nop", "sit_front"
+]
 
 const decodeBody = (data) => {
     const body = {
@@ -499,7 +506,9 @@ const decodeBody = (data) => {
         frozenWhenStands: data.getUint8(20),
         frontFacingLimbOrder: [],
         backFacingLimbOrder: [],
-        limbs: []
+        limbs: [],
+        choreography: [],
+        actions: {}
     }
     for (let ilimb = 0; ilimb < 6; ilimb ++) {
         body.frontFacingLimbOrder.push(data.getUint8(27 + ilimb))
@@ -512,6 +521,27 @@ const decodeBody = (data) => {
         decodeLimb(new DataView(data.buffer, limbOff), limb)
         body.limbs.push(limb)
     }
+    const choreographyIndexOff = data.getUint16(0, LE)
+    const choreographyTableOff = data.getUint16(2, LE)
+    const indexToChoreography = new Map()
+    for (const [i, action] of choreographyActions.entries()) {
+        let tableIndex = data.getUint8(choreographyIndexOff + i)
+        let choreographyIndex = indexToChoreography.get(tableIndex)
+        if (choreographyIndex == undefined) {
+            choreographyIndex = body.choreography.length
+            indexToChoreography.set(tableIndex, choreographyIndex)
+            const choreography = []
+            body.choreography.push(choreography)
+            for (;; tableIndex ++) {
+                const state = data.getUint8(choreographyTableOff + tableIndex)
+                choreography.push(state & 0x7f)
+                if ((state & 0x80) != 0) {
+                    break
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        body.actions[action] = choreographyIndex
+    }
     return body
 }