Ballet from 1970 to 1977. Vera Shvetsova (born 1929), ballet master of the State School of Ballet and Choreography of Minsk (Belarus). Rudolph Nureyev (1938–1993), ballet master and director of the Paris Opera Ballet from 1983 to 1992. Before that, he enjoyed an illustrious career as a dancer in both the Soviet Union and in the west. Anthony Dowell (born 1943), ballet master and director of England's Royal Ballet from 1986 to 2001. John Neumeier (born 1939), ballet master of the Hamburg Opera Ballet from 1973. Laurent Hilaire (born 1962), ballet master of the Paris Opera Ballet from 2005. Igor Moiseyev (1906-2007), ballet master of the Bolshoi Ballet and later on the Igor Moiseyev Ballet. One of the greatest masters of character dance Gallery of ballet masters Ballet occupations Ballet master Ballet mistress