Mai-Ester Murdmaa (born 31 March 1938) is an Estonian choreographer, ballet dancer, ballet master and director.
Her older brother Ivar Murdmaa is a marine geologist and her younger brother Allan Murdmaa was an architect.
In 1964 she graduated from GITIS in ballet master speciality.
From 1956 until 1960, she was a dancer at the Estonia Theatre, after that, she was the ballet master (1964–1973) and principal ballet master (1974–2001) at the Estonia Theatre.
[1] Murdmaa was married to Latvian pianist and music professor Valdis Jancis until his death in 2014.