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ballet mistress

American  

noun

  1. a woman who trains a ballet company.


Etymology

Origin of ballet mistress

First recorded in 1835–45

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He enrolled Morishita with a strict and formidable ballet mistress called Michiko Suwa.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Maree Johnson, who plays the black-clad ballet mistress Madame Giry, said she was resigned to the likelihood that “Phantom” also would record breakthrough coronavirus cases.

From Reuters Oct. 24, 2021

She joined the newly formed English National Ballet School then danced with English National Ballet, Rambert and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago before becoming a freelance stager and ballet mistress.

From New York Times Jul. 20, 2021

The veteran dancers and teachers included Kurt Froman, Jock Soto and Marina Stavitskaya, the ballet mistress Olga Kostritzky and the beloved coach Georgina Parkinson, who died in December.

From Seattle Times Dec. 2, 2010

"He was more than temperamental," recalls American Ballet Theater ballet mistress Georgina Parkinson, then a soloist with the Royal.

From Time Magazine Archive

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