People S Artist Of The Ussr Maya Plisetskaya As Odette Odile In Ballet 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. [ 1][ 2][ 3] she danced during the soviet era at the bolshoi. Throughout the 1950s, plisetskaya appeared in virtually every bolshoi production. her greatest role was in swan lake; she played odette odile in more than 500 performances. following stalin's death, the soviet union established new artistic ties to the outside world.
Ballerina Maya Plisetskaya As Queen Odette In Ballet Swan Lake 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. plisetskaya, a niece of the dancers asaf and sulamith. Staff writer. maya plisetskaya, former prima ballerina assoluta at the bolshoi ballet, died saturday at age 89. she stepped out from behind the iron curtain and onto a western stage for the first. If soviet ballet's most famous ballerina was galina ulanova – arguably also the 20th century's greatest – then maya plisetskaya was not far behind. on ulanova's retirement in 1962 she became. Maya's most acclaimed roles included odette odile in swan lake (1947) and aurora in sleeping beauty (1961). in 1958, she was honoured with the title of the people's artist of the ussr. after galina ulanova left the stage in 1960, maya plisetskaya was proclaimed the prima ballerina assoluta of the bolshoi theatre.
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