Maya Plisetskaya
- Acting
- November 20, 1925 · Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
- May 2, 2015
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Das Ewige Antlitz · Cinematography
- Mariinsky Theatre · Self
- Yevgeny Svetlanov. A Memory...
- Maya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance
- Maya Plisetskaya – (Un)known · Self
- Lady with a Lapdog
- M.K.C. Zodiakas · Муза
- Carmen Suite · Carmen
- Fantasia · Writer
- Anna Karenina · Anna Karenina, Choreographer
- Le Grand Échiquier · Self
- Tchaikovsky · Desire
- New Year's Abduction · Plisetskaya
- Ballerina · Self
- World's Young Ballet
- Anna Karenina · princess Betsy
- New Year's Calendar
- Maya Plisetskaya · Self
- The Little Humpbacked Horse · Queen Maiden
- Khovanshchina
- Swan Lake · Odette / Odile
- Stars of the Russian Ballet · Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")
- The Little Humpbacked Horse