Maya Plisetskaya
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Maya Plisetskaya

Nov 20, 1925 - Moscow, USSR [now Russia]

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.

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Movie1966Новогодний календарь
Movie1957Swan LakeOdette / Odile
Movie2008Mariinsky TheatreSelf
Movie1967Anna Kareninaprincess Betsy
Movie1978Carmen SuiteCarmen
Movie1962The Little Humpbacked HorseQueen Maiden
Movie1970TchaikovskyDesire
Movie1985M.K.C. ZodiakasМуза
Movie1975Anna KareninaAnna Karenina
Movie1959Khovanshchina
Movie1954Stars of the Russian BalletZarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")
Movie1970New Year's Abduction
Movie2006Maya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance
Movie1976Fantasia
Movie1978Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote
Movie1986Lady with a Lapdog
Movie1987Maya Plisetskaya – (Un)knownSelf
TV Show1972Le Grand ÉchiquierSelf5

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Movie2012Das Ewige AntlitzCinematographyCrew
Movie1976FantasiaWriterWriting
Movie1975Anna KareninaChoreographerCrew