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

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

The production, directed by Sarah Benson, the former artistic director of Soho Rep, certainly fields an enticing cast.

From The Wall Street Journal

“This Clara is dealing with the constraints of Edwardian London that doesn’t really allow much space for a young woman,” says choreographer and English National Ballet artistic director Aaron S. Watkin.

From Los Angeles Times

The long “Gracias Gustavo” goodbye to the Los Angeles Philharmonic music and artistic director has begun.

From Los Angeles Times