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ballet master

American  

noun

  1. a man who trains a ballet company.


Etymology

Origin of ballet master

First recorded in 1755–65


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The bill opened with an onstage, truncated ballet class, with Erán Fink at the piano, conducted by Tomas Karlborg, the group’s wisecracking ballet master.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

He returned to the Bolshoi in 2008 as a choreographer and ballet master.

From BBC ● May 20, 2025

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.”

From Washington Times ● May 28, 2022

The wife and son of Peter Martins, the company’s ballet master in chief for decades, were both principal dancers under his leadership.

From New York Times ● May 3, 2022

The ballet master, D'Egville, was called for, and asked 'Why he allowed the curtain to drop before the conclusion of the ballet?'

From The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1 by A. M. W. Stirling

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