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Sep 5, 2001 · Maya Plisetskaya (1925–2015), one of the world’s foremost dancers, performed with Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet and later traveled the world performing and lecturing. At the Bolshoi’s gala celebrating her 75th birthday, President Vladimir Putin presented her with Russia’s highest civilian honor, the medal for service to the Russian state, second degree.
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May 7, 2015 · Plisetskaya was born on November 20, 1925 in Moscow. She lost … Russian ballerina Maya Plisetskaya, widely considered to be one of the greatest dancers of the 20th century, died on May 2 in Munich.
Maya Plisetskaya was born in Moscow on 20 November 1925, the daughter of an engineer. From 1932 to 1934 the family lived in Spitzbergen where her father was director of the coal mine 'Arctikugl'. In 1938 he was executed on Stalin's orders. Her mother, a silent-film actress, was deported to Kazakhstan for many years, being the wife of an 'enemy ...
Mar 12, 2016 · In the video, Plisetskaya dances barefoot on a raised platform. She is dressed simply in a light leotard and black pants. Her hair is tied back loosely. As the music begins, the steady drill of a ...
Maija Plisetskaja vuonna 2011. Maija Mihailovna Plisetskaja ( ven. Ма́йя Миха́йловна Плисе́цкая; 20. marraskuuta 1925 Moskova – 2. toukokuuta 2015 München [1]) oli venäläinen balettitanssija ja koreografi. Plisetskaja syntyi Moskovassa juutalaiseen taiteilijasukuun. Hän aloitti koulunkäynnin Huippuvuorilla ...
Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya was a Soviet and Russian 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; later she moved into direct ...
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 leaps ...
