Maya Plisetskaya
Born
20 November 1925 (100)
Place of Birth
Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
Also known as
Maïa Plissetskaïa, M. Plisetskaya
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.
Filmography (22)
Mariinsky Theatre
2008
Yevgeny Svetlanov. A Memory...
2008
Maya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance
2006
Maya Plisetskaya – (Un)known
1987
Lady with a Lapdog
1986
M.K.C. Zodiakas
1985
Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote
1978
Carmen Suite
1978
Fantasia
1976
Anna Karenina
1975
Tchaikovsky
1970
New Year's Abduction
1970
Ballerina
1970
World's Young Ballet
1969
Anna Karenina
1967
Новогодний календарь
1966
Maya Plisetskaya
1964
The Little Humpbacked Horse
1962
Khovanshchina
1959
Swan Lake
1957
Stars of the Russian Ballet
1954
The Little Humpbacked Horse