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

Новогодний календарь
Новогодний календарь
Mariinsky Theatre
Mariinsky Theatre
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
Carmen Suite
Carmen Suite
The Little Humpbacked Horse
The Little Humpbacked Horse
Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky
M.K.C. Zodiakas
M.K.C. Zodiakas
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina

Filmography

2008 Mariinsky Theatre
as Self
2006 Maya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance
as
1987 Maya Plisetskaya – (Un)known
as Self
1986 Lady with a Lapdog
as
1985 M.K.C. Zodiakas
as Муза
1978 Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote
as
1978 Carmen Suite
as Carmen
1976 Fantasia
as
1975 Anna Karenina
as Anna Karenina
1972 Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
1970 Tchaikovsky
as Desire
1970 New Year's Abduction
as
1967 Anna Karenina
as princess Betsy
1966 Новогодний календарь
as
1962 The Little Humpbacked Horse
as Queen Maiden
1959 Khovanshchina
as
1957 Swan Lake
as Odette / Odile
1954 Stars of the Russian Ballet
as Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")