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Maya Plisetskaya

Maya Plisetskaya

Born: 1925-11-20 • Moscow, USSR [now Russia]

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.

Filmography
Mariinsky Theatre poster
Mariinsky Theatre
2008 • Self
Yevgeny Svetlanov. A Memory... poster
Yevgeny Svetlanov. A Memory...
2008
Maya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance poster
Maya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance
2006
Maya Plisetskaya – (Un)known poster
Maya Plisetskaya – (Un)known
1987 • Self
Lady with a Lapdog poster
Lady with a Lapdog
1986
M.K.C. Zodiakas poster
M.K.C. Zodiakas
1985 • Муза
Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote poster
Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote
1978
Carmen Suite poster
Carmen Suite
1978 • Carmen
Fantasia poster
Fantasia
1976
Anna Karenina poster
Anna Karenina
1975 • Anna Karenina
Tchaikovsky poster
Tchaikovsky
1970 • Desire
New Year's Abduction poster
New Year's Abduction
1970
Ballerina poster
Ballerina
1970 • Herself
No Image
World's Young Ballet
1969
Anna Karenina poster
Anna Karenina
1967 • princess Betsy
Новогодний календарь poster
Новогодний календарь
1966
Maya Plisetskaya poster
Maya Plisetskaya
1964 • Self
The Little Humpbacked Horse poster
The Little Humpbacked Horse
1962 • Queen Maiden
Khovanshchina poster
Khovanshchina
1959
Swan Lake poster
Swan Lake
1957 • Odette / Odile
No Image
Stars of the Russian Ballet
1954 • Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")
No Image
The Little Humpbacked Horse