Maya Plisetskaya

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Personal info

Known for: Acting
Born: 11/20/1925
Birthplace: Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
Died: 5/2/2015 (aged 89)
Gender: Female
Also known as: Maïa 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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