ballet master

noun

1. a man who trains a ballet company.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ballet master¹

First recorded in 1755–65

Example Sentences

The company was still working to recover from a series of scandals, including accusations of abuse against a former ballet master in chief and an outcry over vulgar texts sent by male dancers.

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On a Sunday in late August, a Dutch ballet master they have been working with, Rinus Sprong, led a company class outdoors, in front of the Russian Embassy — ballet class as civil protest.

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Jeremy Bauchet, an assistant ballet master at the club, lamented what he fears will be “the death of the cabaret as a place and a genre in Paris.”

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Sebastien was a ballet master at the Opera, and I staged several ballets in Europe, for Justin Peck and Benjamin, which I loved.

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One was with Albert Evans, then a ballet master.

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