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Maya Plisetskaya

1925 - 2015

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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. 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 confrontation with him. In 1960, when famed Russian ballerina Galina Ulanova retired, Plisetskaya became prima ballerina assoluta of the company. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maya Plisetskaya is the 14th most popular dancer, the 231st most popular biography from Russia (down from 220th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Russian Dancer.

Maya Plisetskaya is most famous for her ballet performances. She was a Russian prima ballerina and choreographer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Maya Plisetskaya ranks 14 out of 116. Before her are Maurice Béjart, Pina Bausch, Marius Petipa, Bobby Farrell, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Margot Fonteyn. After her are Michel Fokine, Jean-Georges Noverre, Tamara Karsavina, Martha Graham, George Balanchine, and Serge Lifar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Maya Plisetskaya ranks 55. Before her are Anastasio Somoza Debayle, William F. Buckley Jr., George Kennedy, Robert Altman, Leo Esaki, and Baruch Samuel Blumberg. After her are Bülent Ecevit, Sam Peckinpah, Paul Mauriat, Milton Obote, Juan Alberto Schiaffino, and Ieng Sary. Among people deceased in 2015, Maya Plisetskaya ranks 36. Before her are Khaled al-Asaad, Yoichiro Nambu, Manoel de Oliveira, Richard F. Heck, Otto Carius, and Tariq Aziz. After her are Zito, Eduardo Galeano, Alcides Ghiggia, Wes Craven, Benedict Anderson, and Douglass North.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Maya Plisetskaya ranks 231 out of 3,761. Before her are Gustav Bauer (1870), Ferdinand von Wrangel (1797), The French Angel (1903), Gherman Titov (1935), Viktor Zubkov (1941), and Nikolay Chernyshevsky (1828). After her are Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia (1657), Nikolay Basov (1922), Gennady Zyuganov (1944), Stenka Razin (1630), Pharnaces II of Pontus (-95), and Mykola Azarov (1947).

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Among DANCERS In Russia

Among dancers born in Russia, Maya Plisetskaya ranks 3. Before her are Rudolf Nureyev (1938), and Anna Pavlova (1881). After her are Michel Fokine (1880), Tamara Karsavina (1885), George Balanchine (1904), Galina Ulanova (1910), Alexander Godunov (1949), Agrippina Vaganova (1879), Lev Ivanov (1834), Yury Grigorovich (1927), and Léonide Massine (1896).

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