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Maya Plisetskaya
Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya 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 balleri…
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Born 20 November 1925 · Died 2 May 2015 · Q460756
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2015· 1 entry
2013· 1 entry
Located in Moscow's central theater district, near the Bolshoi Theatre
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2006· 2 entries
Awarded Praemium Imperiale (2006).
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Emperor Akihito of Japan presented her with the Praemium Imperiale
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2005· 2 entries
Awarded Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts (2005).
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Won Barbara Radziwiłł medal (2005).
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1996· 2 entries
Danced the Dying Swan, her signature role, at a gala in her honor in St
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Was named President of the Imperial Russian Ballet
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1991· 1 entry
Published her autobiography, I, Maya Plisetskaya
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1990· 2 entries
Won Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (1990).
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And on her 70th birthday, she debuted in Maurice Béjart's piece choreographed for her, "Ave Maya"
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1987· 1 entry
Plisetskaya gave master classes at the David Howard Dance Center
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1971· 1 entry
Her husband Shchedrin wrote a ballet on the same subject, where she would play the leading role
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1968· 2 entries
Won Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland (1968).
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Was then campaigning for the presidency, and diplomats again suggested that their friendship would continue to help relations between the two countries
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1967· 1 entry
Performed as Carmen in the Carmen Suite, choreographed specifically for her by Cuban choreographer Alberto Alonso
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1965· 1 entry
Plisetskaya was invited to the home of Russian artist Marc Chagall and his wife
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1964· 1 entry
Awarded Lenin Prize (1964).
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1962· 1 entry
The Bolshoi was invited to perform at the White House by president John F
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1960· 2 entries
Maya Plisetskaya was proclaimed the prima ballerina assoluta of the Bolshoi Theatre
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When famed Russian ballerina Galina Ulanova retired, Plisetskaya became prima ballerina assoluta of the company
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1959· 2 entries
On Khrushchev's personal intervention, as it became clear to him that striking Plisetskaya from the Bolshoi's participants could have serious consequences for the tour's success
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During the Thaw Time, she started to tour outside the country with the Bolshoi, then on her own
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1958· 1 entry
Plisetskaya received the title of the People's Artist of the USSR
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1948· 1 entry
The Zhdanov Doctrine took effect, and with her family history, and being Jewish, she became a "natural target
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1943· 2 entries
At the age of eighteen, she joined the Bolshoi Ballet company, quickly rising to become their leading soloist
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At the age of eighteen, Plisetskaya graduated from the Bolshoi School
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1938· 2 entries
And imprisoned for a few years, then held in a concentration camp together with her infant son, Azari
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Her father was arrested and later executed during the Stalinist purges, during which thousands of people were murdered
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1937· 1 entry
And executed in 1938, during the Great Purge
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1925· 1 entry
Born 1925-11-20.
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