Maya Plisetskaya, Russian-Lithuanian ballerina, choreographer, actress, and director (died 2015)

Maya Plisetskaya

Russian ballet dancer (1925–2015)

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…