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Maya Plisetskaya

Maya Plisetskaya

Birthday: 1925-11-20 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2008
Mariinsky Theatre

as    Self

1987
1985
M.K.C. Zodiakas

as    Муза

1978
Carmen Suite

as    Carmen

1970
Tchaikovsky

as    Desire

1967
Anna Karenina

as    princess Betsy

1962
The Little Humpbacked Horse

as    Queen Maiden

1954
Stars of the Russian Ballet

as    Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")