Maya Plisetskaya
Actor
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
Tchaikovsky
as Desire 1970
Anna Karenina
as Anna Karenina 1975
Khovanshchina
1959
Stars of the Russian Ballet
as Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai") 1954
Carmen Suite
as Carmen 1978
New Year's Abduction
1970
M.K.C. Zodiakas
as Муза 1985
Новогодний календарь
1966
Swan Lake
as Odette / Odile 1957
Mariinsky Theatre
as Self 2008
The Little Humpbacked Horse
as Queen Maiden 1962
Maya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance
2006
Fantasia
1976
Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote
1978
Lady with a Lapdog
1986
Maya Plisetskaya – (Un)known
as Self 1987