Maya Plisetskaya
Born: 1925-11-20 in Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
Died: 2015-05-02
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2012
- Das Ewige Antlitz ... (Cinematography)
2008
1987
- Maya Plisetskaya – (Un)known as Self
1986
1985
- M.K.C. Zodiakas as Муза
1978
- Carmen Suite as Carmen
- Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote
1976
1975
- Anna Karenina as Anna Karenina
1972
- Le Grand Échiquier as Self
1970
- Tchaikovsky as Desire
- New Year's Abduction
1969
1967
- Anna Karenina as princess Betsy
1966
1964
- Maya Plisetskaya as Self
1962
- The Little Humpbacked Horse as Queen Maiden
1959
1957
- Swan Lake as Odette / Odile
1954
- Stars of the Russian Ballet as Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")