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
Maya Plisetskaya – (Un)known
as Self
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")
