biography
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Plisetskaya, Maya (Mikhaylovna)
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pronunciation:
[plisetskiya]
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1925– )
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| biography:
| Ballerina, born in Moscow, Russia. The niece of Asaf Messerer, she trained at the Bolshoi School, and was made a principal immediately on joining the company in 1943. Celebrated for her classical roles, she came to represent the epitome of the Bolshoi style. Best known for the role Alberto Alonso created for her in Carmen Suite (1967), she also danced in Roland Petit's company in La Rose malade (1973), and in Maurice Béjart's company in 1979. |
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