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

  • Mariinsky Theatre

    Mariinsky Theatre

  • Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

  • Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

  • Carmen Suite

    Carmen Suite

  • Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

  • World's Young Ballet

    World's Young Ballet

  • Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky

  • New Year's Abduction

    New Year's Abduction

  • M.K.C. Zodiakas

    M.K.C. Zodiakas

  • Maya Plisetskaya

    Maya Plisetskaya

  • Lady with a Lapdog

    Lady with a Lapdog

  • Stars of the Russian Ballet

    Stars of the Russian Ballet

  • Fantasia

    Fantasia

  • The Little Humpbacked Horse

    The Little Humpbacked Horse

  • Новогодний календарь

    Новогодний календарь

  • Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote

    Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote

  • Maya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance

    Maya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance

  • Maya Plisetskaya – (Un)known

    Maya Plisetskaya – (Un)known

  • Khovanshchina

    Khovanshchina

  • Swan Lake

    Swan Lake

  • Yevgeny Svetlanov. A Memory...

    Yevgeny Svetlanov. A Memory...

  • The Little Humpbacked Horse

    The Little Humpbacked Horse