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Maya Plisetskaya
Born
20 November 1925
Died
2 May 2015
Place
Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
Acting

Maya Plisetskaya

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.

As actor

Mariinsky Theatre

Mariinsky Theatre

2008 · Self
Yevgeny Svetlanov. A Memory...

Yevgeny Svetlanov. A Memory...

2008
Maya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance

Maya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance

2006
Maya Plisetskaya – (Un)known

Maya Plisetskaya – (Un)known

1987 · Self
Lady with a Lapdog

Lady with a Lapdog

1986
M.K.C. Zodiakas

M.K.C. Zodiakas

1985 · Муза
Carmen Suite

Carmen Suite

1978 · Carmen
Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote

Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote

1978
Fantasia

Fantasia

1976
Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

1975 · Anna Karenina
Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky

1970 · Desire
New Year's Abduction

New Year's Abduction

1970 · Plisetskaya
Ballerina

Ballerina

1970 · Herself

World's Young Ballet

1969
Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

1967 · princess Betsy
New Year's Calendar

New Year's Calendar

1966
Maya Plisetskaya

Maya Plisetskaya

1964 · Self
The Little Humpbacked Horse

The Little Humpbacked Horse

1962 · Queen Maiden
Khovanshchina

Khovanshchina

1959
Swan Lake

Swan Lake

1957 · Odette / Odile
Stars of the Russian Ballet

Stars of the Russian Ballet

1954 · Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")

The Little Humpbacked Horse