A “balletomane” (ba-LET-uh-mane) - derived from “ballet” + “mania” - is an ardent admirer of the ballet.

Example (as used by Jennifer Balderama in a New York Times review of Reading Dance, edited by Robert Gottlieb): “This is, in short, one big brick of dance-nut manna, a loving exhaustive compilation by an editor-balletomane of sterling pedigree.”

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