A ballet master (also balletmaster, ballet mistress, premier maître de ballet or premier maître de ballet en chef) is 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 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, whether a male or female, may also be called its ballet master. Historic use of gender marking in job titles in ballet (and live theatre) is being supplanted by gender-neutral language job titles regardless of an employee's gender (e.g. ballet master in lieu of ballet mistress, wig master as an alternative to wig mistress).
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Photo by B. Braquehais of Arthur Saint-Leon. Paris, 1865.
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Photo circa 1810
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Filippo Taglioni (also known as Philippe Taglioni; November 5, 1777 - February 11, 1871), Italian da...
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Painted Portrait of the choreographer Jean-Pierre Dauberval as Lise in the ballet "La Fille Mal Gard...
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Portrait by unknown of the Ballet Master Jules Perrot. London, circa 1850.
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Photo of Marius Petipa ()