Maya Plisetskaya

Actor · Ballet dancer

Maya Plisetskaya was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress who became the Bolshoi Theatre’s prima ballerina assoluta. Celebrated for roles in Swan Lake, The Dying Swan, Don Quixote, and Carmen Suite, she later directed ballet companies in Rome and Spain.

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