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Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya (Russian: Майя Михайловна Плисецкая; 20 November 1925 – 2 May 2015) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress. In post-Soviet times, she held both Lithuanian and Spanish citizenship.
May 2, 2015 · MOSCOW — Maya Plisetskaya, one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century and virtually the embodiment of the Bolshoi Theater for decades, died on Saturday in Munich. She was 89.
Maya Plisetskaya (born November 20, 1925, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.—died May 2, 2015, Munich, Germany) was a Russian prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet of Moscow, admired particularly for her technical virtuosity, expressive use of her arms, and ability to integrate acting with dancing.
May 3, 2015 · Russian ballerina Maya Plisetskaya, who was considered one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century, died on Saturday at age 89. Plisetskaya’s death was widely reported in Russian media...
Maya Plisetskaya was one of the legendary ballerinas of her generation. Her aunt and uncle, Sulamif and Asaf Messerer, helped to guide her into the ballet world, despite the persecution they faced during World War II.
May 3, 2015 · Maya Plisetskaya, one of the foremost 20th-century ballerinas, who was identified with the Bolshoi Ballet of her native Russia, but whose theatrical fire, magnetic presence and physical...
Jun 25, 2015 · Maya Plisetskaya, the celebrated Russian ballerina famous for her swan-like arms, powerful leaps and rebel spirit on and off the stage, has died. She was 89. The cause of her death Saturday in...
Maya Plisetskaya is a Soviet and Russian ballerina, choreographer, film actress. The representative of the theater dynasty Messerer-Plisetskikh, prima ballerina of the Bolshoy Theater of the USSR in 1948-1990.
May 4, 2015 · Maya Plisetskaya, the ballerina, who has died in Munich aged 89, was the Soviet ballet’s most famous star of the past half-century, a fiery redhead who tore across the stage in phenomenal...
May 3, 2015 · MOSCOW (AP) — Maya Plisetskaya, regarded as one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century and whose career at the Bolshoi Theater spanned more than 35 years, has died at age 89. Bolshoi director Vladimir Urin told the state news agency Tass that Plisetskaya died in Germany of a heart attack on Saturday.
