- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 20, 1925
- Place of Birth
- Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
- Died
- May 2, 2015
Maya Plisetskaya
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.
Filmography
Das Ewige Antlitz
movieDas Ewige Antlitz
2012 · Cinematography
movieMariinsky Theatre
2008 · Self
movieYevgeny Svetlanov. A Memory...
2008
movieMaya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance
2006
movieMaya Plisetskaya – (Un)known
1987 · Self
movieLady with a Lapdog
1986
movieM.K.C. Zodiakas
1985 · Муза
movieBolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote
1978
movieCarmen Suite
1978 · Carmen
movieFantasia
1976 · , Writer
movieAnna Karenina
1975 · Anna Karenina, Choreographer
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
movieTchaikovsky
1970 · Desire
movieNew Year's Abduction
1970 · Plisetskaya
movieBallerina
1970 · Herself
World's Young Ballet
movieWorld's Young Ballet
1969
movieAnna Karenina
1967 · princess Betsy
movieNew Year's Calendar
1966
movieMaya Plisetskaya
1964 · Self
movieThe Little Humpbacked Horse
1962 · Queen Maiden
movieKhovanshchina
1959
movieSwan Lake
1957 · Odette / Odile
movieStars of the Russian Ballet
1954 · Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")
The Little Humpbacked Horse
movieThe Little Humpbacked Horse
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