Maya Plisetskaya
Birthday
1925/11/20
Day of death
2015/05/02 (89 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
Also know as
Майя Плисецкая, Maïa Plissetskaïa
Biography
Maya Plisetskaya was a Soviet ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress. In post-Soviet times, she held both Lithuanian and Spanish citizenship. She danced during the Soviet era at the Bolshoi Theatre under the directorships of Leonid Lavrovsky, then of Yury Grigorovich. In 1960 she became prima ballerina assoluta of the company.
Acting
(1966) Новогодний календарь
as ---
(1957) Swan Lake
as Odette / Odile
(2008) Mariinsky Theatre
as Self
(1967) Anna Karenina
as princess Betsy
(1978) Carmen Suite
as Carmen
(1962) The Little Humpbacked Horse
as Queen Maiden
(1970) Tchaikovsky
as Desire
(1985) M.K.C. Zodiakas
as Муза
(1975) Anna Karenina
as Anna Karenina
(1959) Khovanshchina
as ---
(1954) Stars of the Russian Ballet
as Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")
(1970) New Year's Abduction
as ---
(2006) Maya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance
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(1976) Fantasia
as ---
(1978) Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote
as ---
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self