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Position:Home>Dancing> What is the title of a male dancer of ballet?Question:the term you should use when referring to male ballet dancers is "male ballet dancers." That's not to say that that's the *only* term you can use. But lets back up a little first, and look at the big picture. The term "ballet" refers to a form of dance in which conventional poses and steps are combined with leaps and turns. The word comes from our friends the French, and is based on the latin word "ballare," which means, as you might guess, "to dance." It first appeared in 1667, several years after King Louis XIV granted a group of dancing masters permission to use a room in the Louvre to work on their new technique; apparently, they had a little trouble coming up with a name for said technique. According to my trusty dictionary, the term "ballerina" first appeared in 1815 (apparently, it took the Italians almost 150 years to come up with a word which referred to "them gals what are ballet dancers"). Finally, in 1828, the French came up with their own terms for ballet dancers, "danseur" and "danseuse," the masculine and feminine forms, respectively. For the lucky leads, we have "premier danseur" and "premiere danseuse" (or "premiere ballerina"). call your a male dancer a "danseur" if you like, and you'll be right Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: the term you should use when referring to male ballet dancers is "male ballet dancers." That's not to say that that's the *only* term you can use. But lets back up a little first, and look at the big picture. The term "ballet" refers to a form of dance in which conventional poses and steps are combined with leaps and turns. The word comes from our friends the French, and is based on the latin word "ballare," which means, as you might guess, "to dance." It first appeared in 1667, several years after King Louis XIV granted a group of dancing masters permission to use a room in the Louvre to work on their new technique; apparently, they had a little trouble coming up with a name for said technique. According to my trusty dictionary, the term "ballerina" first appeared in 1815 (apparently, it took the Italians almost 150 years to come up with a word which referred to "them gals what are ballet dancers"). Finally, in 1828, the French came up with their own terms for ballet dancers, "danseur" and "danseuse," the masculine and feminine forms, respectively. For the lucky leads, we have "premier danseur" and "premiere danseuse" (or "premiere ballerina"). call your a male dancer a "danseur" if you like, and you'll be right luftherz - thats what i thot too. lol Report It * You must be logged into Answers to add comments. Sign in or Register. Other Answers (4) |