artistic director

American  

noun

1. a person who is responsible for the administration of a theater or ballet company, opera house, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of artistic director

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

So, at the start of 2025, Sheen announced the birth of the Welsh National Theatre, with himself as founding artistic director.

From BBC

Schwartz told the BBC that at the end of 2024 he was asked by the artistic director of the Washington National Opera to participate in the May event with them.

From BBC

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, since July under the artistic direction of Alicia Graf Mack, alongside Matthew Rushing as associate artistic director, has programmed an ambitious array of new repertory for its current season at New York City Center, which ends Sunday.

From The Wall Street Journal

Producing artistic director Gary Grossman, who led the company for 40 years with enormous integrity, built Skylight into an incubator of new work that embraces diversity and the local community.

From Los Angeles Times

Watson’s appointment as artistic director of Los Feliz’s Skylight Theatre Company starting Jan. 1 is good news for the city’s theater ecology.

From Los Angeles Times