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
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 Margaret Vandercook
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