Maya Plisetskaya
Maya Plisetskaya

Maya Plisetskaya

Known forActing

GenderFemale

BirthdayFri Nov 20 1925

DeathdaySat May 02 2015

Place of birthMoscow, USSR [now Russia]

Also known asMaïa Plissetskaïa, М. Плисецкая, M. 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.

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