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.
Acted in 16
2000s
- 2008
Yevgeny Svetlanov. A Memory...
Movie
- 2006
Maya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance
Movie
1980s
- 1986
Lady with a Lapdog
Movie
- 1985
M.K.C. Zodiakas
Муза
1970s
- 1978
Carmen Suite
Carmen
- 1976
Fantasia
Movie
- 1975
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
- 1970
Tchaikovsky
Desire
New Year's Abduction
Plisetskaya
1960s
- 1969
World's Young Ballet
Movie
- 1967
- 1966
New Year's Calendar
Movie
- 1962
The Little Humpbacked Horse
Queen Maiden
1950s
- 1959
Khovanshchina
Movie
- 1957
Swan Lake
Odette / Odile
- 1954
Stars of the Russian Ballet
Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")
Wrote 1
1970s
- 1976
Fantasia
Writer
Other crew 1
1970s
- 1975
Anna Karenina
Choreographer
Appearances5
2000s
- 2008
Mariinsky Theatre
Self
1980s
- 1987
Maya Plisetskaya – (Un)known
Self
1970s
- 1972
- 1970
Ballerina
Herself
1960s
- 1964
Maya Plisetskaya
Self