Maya Plisetskaya
November 20, 1925 (98 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2008 · Mariinsky Theatre as Self
- 2006 · Maya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance as
- 1985 · M.K.C. Zodiakas as Муза
- 1978 · Carmen Suite as Carmen
- 1976 · Fantasia as
- 1975 · Anna Karenina as Anna Karenina
- 1972 · Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- 1970 · Tchaikovsky as Desire
- 1970 · New Year's Abduction as
- 1967 · Anna Karenina as princess Betsy
- 1966 · Новогодний календарь as
- 1962 · The Little Humpbacked Horse as Queen Maiden
- 1959 · Khovanshchina as
- 1957 · Swan Lake as Odette / Odile
- 1954 · Stars of the Russian Ballet as Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")