The Collaborative International Dictionary
ballet master \bal"let` mas"ter\, n. a man who trains ballet dancers.
WordNet
n. a man who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company
Wikipedia
[[Image:Degas painting Perrot.jpg|thumb|250px|right|
Edgar Degas painting of the great ballet master Jules Perrot conducting rehearsal in the Foyer de la Danse of the Palais Garnier. Paris, 1875]]
Ballet Master (also Balletmaster, Ballet Mistress, Premier Maître de ballet or Premier Maître de ballet en Chef) is the term used for an employee of a ballet company who is responsible for the level of competence of the dancers in their company. In modern times, ballet masters (or ballet mistress for a female) are generally charged with teaching the daily company ballet class and rehearsing the dancers for both new and established ballets in the company's repertoire. The artistic director of a ballet company may also be called its ballet master.
Usage examples of "ballet master".
He must have practiced, Jack realized a moment later, because the head was removed with a single stroke as deceptively powerful as a ballet master's.
But now that had to change, and Eddington was reminded of the fact that though he was after a fashion a ballet master, the things performing the maneuvering were tanks, ponderous and clumsy j moving in the dark across unfamiliar ground.
But now that had to change, and Eddington was reminded of the fact that though he was after a fashion a ballet master, the things performing the maneuvering were tanks, ponderous and clumsy, moving in the dark across unfamiliar ground.
I left your card with the man who attends to the stage door, and also with the stage manager, and the ballet master.
He dreamed he was a ballet dancer and someone had tied red shoes to his feet that forced him to dance on and on, while the ballet master, an aged poofter, looked on and smiled sadistically.