Male ballet dancer

[nq:1]You may have seen this comment on the internet: "Why isn't there an equivalent male word for ballerina?" Is there one?[/nq]
Ballerino, (Rudolph)
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[nq:1]You may have seen this comment on the internet: "Why isn't there an equivalent male word for ballerina?" Is there one?[/nq]
I'll cross-post this to aue. Fran is the resident expert on tu tough questions on ballet.

[nq:1]You may have seen this comment on the internet: "Why isn't there an equivalent male word for ballerina?" Is there one?[/nq]
Been wondering this for a while. Women who do ballet are called Ballerina's. Are men called the same thing or something else?
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Hi! Thanks for an interesting question.
According to the online ballet dictionary of the American Ballet Theatre and

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[nq:1]Ballerino, (Rudolph)[/nq]
Wouldn't that be a small, amle ballet dancer? I
suggest that "Ballero" would correctly eliminate
the diminutive, female ending.
GFH

[nq:2]You may have seen this comment on the internet: "Why isn't there an equivalent male word for ballerina?" Is there one?[/nq]
[nq:1] Been wondering this for a while. Women who do ballet are called Ballerina's. Are men called the same thing ... of a ballerina." http://www.fwdballet.c

[nq:2]Ballerino, (Rudolph)[/nq]
[nq:1]Wouldn't that be a small, amle ballet dancer? I suggest that "Ballero" would correctly eliminate the diminutive, female ending. GFH[/nq]
"Ballerino" is simply the Italian term for a professional dancer. A ballet dancer is a type of professional dancer. "Ballerina" is the feminine of "ballerino." I suspect, although I was unable to find the answer by wa

[nq:1]"Ballerino" is simply the Italian term for a professional dancer. A ballet dancer is a type of professional dancer. "Ballerina" ... the answer by way of the Internet, that the term "ballerino" existed not only before "ballerina," but before ballet itself.[/nq]
In fact, The Oxford Companion to Music (Scholes, 1995; there is a newer one) has simply, s.v. 'Ballet', '8. Some Common Technical

[nq:2]You may have seen this comment on the internet: "Why isn't there an equivalent male word for ballerina?" Is there one?[/nq]
[nq:1]http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=242790 Been wondering this for a while. Women who do ballet are called Ballerina's. Are men called the same thin

[nq:2]"Ballerino" is simply the Italian term for a professional dancer. ... term "ballerino" existed not only before"ballerina," but before ballet itself.[/nq]
[nq:1]In fact, The Oxford Companion to Music (Scholes, 1995; there is a newer one) has simply, s.v. 'Ballet', ... with the mentions of 'ballerino' listed only as the Italian for 'dancing master' of with 'ballerina' is the feminine form.

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[nq:1]I'll cross-post this to aue. Fran is the resident expert on tu tough questions on ballet.[/nq]
Here is what the FAQ of alt.arts.ballet says about the question (it really is frequently-asked):
2.14 If a female dancer is called a ballerina, what is a mal