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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

“Usually a choreographer creates the steps, and the ballet master puts it to counts. Here there is no fancy way to do it. If the piano plinks, or she’s laughing, I’m on the music.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2020

The young ballet master accomplished his task with unquestionable talent.

From An Autobiography by Igor Stravinsky

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