ballet master

a man who trains a ballet company.

Also called maître de ballet.

Origin of ballet master

First recorded in 1755–65

There are young Frenchmen here who would be the admiration of the ballet-master.

Mlle. Fouchette |Charles Theodore Murray
She married Milano, the harlequin and ballet-master, who was at the Eagle circa 1847.

Cremorne and the Later London Gardens |Warwick Wroth
It was written for Lumley, the London manager, but his ballet-master declared the performance of it impossible.

The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 |Various
At this point the company broke forth in admiration of the ballet-master.

The Symposium |Xenophon

Simply because the pantomimic ballet called for imagination on the part of the ballet-master and mimetic skill in the dancers.

Richard Wagner His Life and His Dramas |W. J. Henderson