Maya Plisetskaya
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
20 November, 1925
Place of Birth
Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
Maya 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.
