{"id":57872,"date":"2024-02-05T09:03:42","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T09:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/?p=57872"},"modified":"2026-04-16T07:25:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:25:39","slug":"the-ballet-master-out-of-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/the-ballet-master-out-of-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Ballet Master\u201d: out of fashion?"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Alastair Macaulay<\/p>\n

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What\u2019s in a name? In recent years, most American companies changed the appellation of senior staff from \u201cballet masters\u201d to \u201crehearsal directors\u201d or \u201crepertory directors\u201d. Since the term \u201cballet master\u201d had long stretched to include both women and people of colour, it was already comprehensive – but now it seems to be wrong for the present climate of ballet.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Is this just a passing fashion of mere nomenclature ? Or does the change of title indicate a modern distrust of mastery itself?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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In Europe, the title \u201cma\u00eetre de ballet\u201d (often the French name is used outside France) is still used, from Denmark to Italy. John Neumeier is the most prestigious example: in Hamburg, this choreographer founded a school attached to the ballet company he has directed since 1973.<\/span><\/p>\n

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George Balanchine teaching, as part of a Teachers\u2019 Seminar at the School of American Ballet \u00a9 Nancy Lassalle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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