Person Details

Birthday: 1925-11-20 17:24:02

Death: 2015-05-02 17:24:02

Aliases: Майя Плисецкая

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Moscow, USSR

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Movie Involvements: 11

TV Involvements: 1


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Le Grand échiquier
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8

Le Grand échiquier

(1972) Self
Anna Karenina
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6

Anna Karenina

(1967) princess Betsy
Anna Karenina
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6

Anna Karenina

(1975) Anna Karenina
Tchaikovsky
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5

Tchaikovsky

(1970) Desire
Mariinsky Theatre
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0

Mariinsky Theatre

(2008) Self
Stars of the Russian Ballet
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5

Stars of the Russian Ballet

(1954) Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")
The Little Humpbacked Horse
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0

The Little Humpbacked Horse

(1962) Queen Maiden
Swan Lake
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0

Swan Lake

(1957) Odette / Odile

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