Maya Plisetskaya

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

20

Gender

Female

Birthday

1925-11-20

Day of death

2015-05-02 (89 years old)

Place of Birth

Moscow, USSR [now Russia]

Maya Plisetskaya

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

  • Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

  • Mariinsky Theatre

    Mariinsky Theatre

  • Khovanshchina

    Khovanshchina

  • Новогодний календарь

    Новогодний календарь

  • Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

  • New Year's Abduction

    New Year's Abduction

  • Fantasia

    Fantasia

  • Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky

  • Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

  • Swan Lake

    Swan Lake

  • M.K.C. Zodiakas

    M.K.C. Zodiakas

  • Maya Plisetskaya

    Maya Plisetskaya

  • Maya Plisetskaya – (Un)known

    Maya Plisetskaya – (Un)known

  • Carmen Suite

    Carmen Suite

  • Lady with a Lapdog

    Lady with a Lapdog

  • Stars of the Russian Ballet

    Stars of the Russian Ballet

  • The Little Humpbacked Horse

    The Little Humpbacked Horse

  • The Little Humpbacked Horse

    The Little Humpbacked Horse

  • Maya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance

    Maya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance

  • Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote

    Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote