ballet master
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ballet master
First recorded in 1755–65
Example Sentences
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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
“They were technically better,” said the company’s longtime principal ballet master, Ingrid Nemeckova, herself a Russian-trained Czech brought in by Uotinen.
From New York Times • Aug. 26, 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
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 Stirling, A. M. W.
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