Maya Plisetskaya (1925–2015)
Author of I, Maya Plisetskaya
About the Author
Still prima ballerina assoluta with the Bolshoi Ballet, Maya Plisetskaya also travels around 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 show more state, second degree. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Maya Plisetskaya
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- Canonical name
- Plisetskaya, Maya
- Birthdate
- 1925-11-20
- Date of death
- 2015-05-02
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Russia (birth)
Spain (naturalized) - Birthplace
- Moscow, Soviet Union
- Place of death
- Munich, Germany
- Education
- Bolshoi Theatre School, Moscow
Moscow Choreography School - Occupations
- ballerina
choreographer - Relationships
- Messerer, Asaf (uncle)
- Organizations
- Bolshoi Ballet
- Awards and honors
- Anna Pavlova Prize (1962)
French Legion of Honor (1986)
Prince of Asturias Award for Arts (2005)
Prima ballerina assoluta
Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class
Order of Lenin (show all 8)
Order of Isabella the Catholic
Order of Merit for the Fatherland - Short biography
- Named prima ballerina assoluta of the Bolshoi Ballet in 1960.
Members
Awards
Statistics
- Works
- 3
- Members
- 42
- Popularity
- #357,757
- Rating
- 4.5
- ISBNs
- 8
- Languages
- 3
