ballet master

American  

noun

1. a man who trains a ballet company.

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Etymology

Origin of ballet master

First recorded in 1755–65

Example Sentences

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

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.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2022

Theodore Kosloff was ballet master; dancer Nini Theilade and a ballet corps of fairies were commended by the New York Times for their exquisite grace.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2022

But my father was a ballet master and ever since I was the 160 tiniest little girl I had been taught to dance and dance, almost to do nothing else.

From The Camp Fire Girls' Careers by Vandercook, Margaret