Maya Plisetskaya
1925-11-20 (1925)Moscow, USSR [now Russia]Acting
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
TV • 1972
Tchaikovsky
MOVIE • 1970
Anna Karenina
MOVIE • 1967
New Year's Abduction
MOVIE • 1970
Anna Karenina
MOVIE • 1975
Новогодний календарь
MOVIE • 1966
Khovanshchina
MOVIE • 1959
Fantasia
MOVIE • 1976
Lady with a Lapdog
MOVIE • 1986
Carmen Suite
MOVIE • 1978
M.K.C. Zodiakas
MOVIE • 1985
Mariinsky Theatre
MOVIE • 2008
Swan Lake
MOVIE • 1957
The Little Humpbacked Horse
MOVIE • 1962
Yevgeny Svetlanov. A Memory...
MOVIE • 2008
Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote
MOVIE • 1978
Maya Plisetskaya – (Un)known
MOVIE • 1987
Maya Plisetskaya
MOVIE • 1964