This biographical account of Maya Plisetskaya, prima ballerina of Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet, provides a career spanning account of Plisetskaya's life from childhood, to her early career development, to highlights from her greatest roles. Some of the performance clips include her part in "Swan Lake," "Sleeping Beauty," "Spartacus," and "Romeo and ...
Meant for ballet aficionados, Swan Lake is a routinely filmed performance of the Bolshoi Ballet with no additional footage or subplots. Chief ballerina Maya Plisetskay emotively dances the part of Odette, the Queen of the Swans, the woman who will be doomed to take on the form of a swan unless she can find her true love. Nicolai Fadeyechev dances ...
The Bolshoi Ballet mounts this 1979 production of Rodion Shchedrin's Anna Karenina, which Shchedrin adapted, in turn, from the 1877 novel by Leo Tolstoy. It co-stars Maya Plisetskaya and Alexander Godunov, with choreography by Plisetskaya. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
This performance of the Carmen Suite ballet stars Maya Plisetskaya in the title role of Carmen and was choreographed by Alberto Alonso. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide
Directed by Russian cinematographer Margarita Pilikhina, this is a filmed performance of Anna Karenina by the legendary Bolshoi Ballet. Adapted from Leo Tolstoy's classic novel, the ballet tells the story of Anna Karenina (Maya Plisetskaya), a young woman in 19th century Russia who falls in love with the dashing Count Vronsky (Alexander Godunov), ...
This tribute to one of the world's great ballet companies features both contemporary and vintage footage of the stars of the Bolshoi Ballet interpreting the great works of the ballet repertoire. Galina Ulanova, Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Asaf Messerer, and Mikhail Lavrosky are among the dancers captured on film in classic productions of ...
The Bolshoi Ballet and Orchestra perform Swan Lake during a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Tchaikovsky's beloved ballet. Produced by Soviet television and taped live at the Kremlin Palace in 1976, the performance stars famed Russian ballerina Maya Plisetskaya in her signature role. ~ Sarah Block, All Movie Guide
By any standard, Soviet dancer Maya Plisétskaya (b. 1925) qualifies as one of the most vitally important ballerinas of the 20th century. She largely built her reputation on the basis of her ability to look beyond the scope of dance movements per se and invest each assignment with a characterization specific to that role. Legendary productions in ...
Legendary ballerina Maya Plisetskaya headlined this 1980 Bolshoi Ballet production of composer Rodion Shchedrin's 1971 ballet Anna Karenina, which Shchedrin, in turn, adapted from the seminal 1877 novel by Leo Tolstoy. Plisetskaya did the choreography with Natalia Rizhenko, and dances the lead, with an ensemble that also includes Mikhail Petukhov, ...
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