Maya Plisetskaya

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

22

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

  • Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky

  • Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

  • New Year's Abduction

    New Year's Abduction

  • Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

  • Новогодний календарь

    Новогодний календарь

  • Fantasia

    Fantasia

  • Khovanshchina

    Khovanshchina

  • Swan Lake

    Swan Lake

  • World's Young Ballet

    World's Young Ballet

  • Carmen Suite

    Carmen Suite

  • The Little Humpbacked Horse

    The Little Humpbacked Horse

  • Lady with a Lapdog

    Lady with a Lapdog

  • Stars of the Russian Ballet

    Stars of the Russian Ballet

  • Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote

    Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote

  • M.K.C. Zodiakas

    M.K.C. Zodiakas

  • The Little Humpbacked Horse

    The Little Humpbacked Horse

  • Maya Plisetskaya

    Maya Plisetskaya

  • Maya Plisetskaya – (Un)known

    Maya Plisetskaya – (Un)known

  • Maya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance

    Maya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance

  • Yevgeny Svetlanov. A Memory...

    Yevgeny Svetlanov. A Memory...