
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.

as Anna Karenina

as Self
1972

as princess Betsy
1967

as Anna Karenina
1975

as Desire
1970

as Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")
1954

as Plisetskaya
1970

as Self
2008

1976

as Carmen
1978

1966

1959
2006

as Self
2008

2008

2006

as Self
1987

1986

as Муза
1985

1978

as Carmen
1978

1976

as Anna Karenina
1975

as Desire
1970

as Plisetskaya
1970

as Herself
1970
1969

as princess Betsy
1967

1966

as Self
1964

as Queen Maiden
1962

1959

as Odette / Odile
1957

as Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")
1954
Choreographer