Maya Plisetskaya
- Birthday: 11/20/1925
- Deathday: 5/2/2015
- Place of birth: Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
- Fame for: Acting
- Also known as: Майя Плисецкая, Maïa Plissetskaïa
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.
