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

Le Grand Échiquier

Tchaikovsky

Anna Karenina

New Year's Abduction

Swan Lake

New Year's Calendar

Fantasia

Anna Karenina

All Movies (22)

• Mariinsky Theatre2008 · as Self
• Yevgeny Svetlanov. A Memory...2008
• Maya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance2006
• Maya Plisetskaya – (Un)known1987 · as Self
• Lady with a Lapdog1986
• M.K.C. Zodiakas1985 · as Муза
• Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote1978
• Carmen Suite1978 · as Carmen
• Fantasia1976
• Anna Karenina1975 · as Anna Karenina
• Tchaikovsky1970 · as Desire
• New Year's Abduction1970 · as Plisetskaya
• Ballerina1970 · as Herself
• World's Young Ballet1969
• Anna Karenina1967 · as princess Betsy
• New Year's Calendar1966
• Maya Plisetskaya1964 · as Self
• The Little Humpbacked Horse1962 · as Queen Maiden
• Khovanshchina1959
• Swan Lake1957 · as Odette / Odile
• Stars of the Russian Ballet1954 · as Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")
• The Little Humpbacked Horse—

All TV Shows (1)

• Le Grand Échiquier1972 · as Self