Maya PlisetskayaFilmography

Occupation:: Actor, Choreography
Biography:: Russian ballet star, onscreen from 1954. ~ All Movie Guide...Read More

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The Art of the Pas de Deux, Vol. 3

Actors: Veronica Tennant, Rudolf Nureyev, Karen Kain, Frank Augustyn, Maya Plisetskaya

Synopsis: The pas de deux has long served as one of the cornerstones of the ballet repertoire, and this compilation disc brings together a collection of some of the most legendary examples of those duets, culled from all over the world. The pairs featured herein include: Ekaterina Maximova and Marat Read More

2009
The Art of the Pas de Deux, Vol. 2

Synopsis: The pas de deux -- a dance for a ballerina and danseur noble, comprised of an entrée, adagio, a variation for each performer, and a coda -- represents one of ballet's most revered and enduring forms. The home video release The Art of the Pas de Deux pays homage to that form by Read More

2006
Maya: Portrait of Maya Plisetskaya

Actors: Maya Plisetskaya, Maurice Bejart, Vladimir Vasiliev, Marie-Agnès Gillot, Céline Talon

Synopsis: 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 Read More

1999
The Glory of the Bolshoi

Synopsis: Highlights from almost a hundred years of great performances at the Bolshoi Ballet are presented in Glory of the Bolshoi. The rare footage includes the White Swan pas de deux from Swan Lake by Yuri Kondratov and Marina Semenova, the pas de trois from The Nutcracker by Yekaterina Read More

1995
Russian Ballet: The Glorious Tradition, Vol. 2

Actors: Maya Plisetskaya, Galina Ulanova, Ludmila Semenyaka

1993
Carmen

Actors: Maya Plisetskaya

Synopsis: This theatrical production, which was specially choreographed, stars the Bolshoi Ballet's prima ballerina, Maya Plisetskaya. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1989
The Magic of the Bolshoi Ballet

Actors: Galina Ulanova, Maya Plisetskaya, Natalya Bessmertnova, Vladimir Vasilyev, Asaf Messerer

Synopsis: 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 Read More

1987
Plisetskaya: Carmen

Synopsis: This video features famed ballet star Maya Plisetskaya in one of her signature roles as Carmen. Performing with Nikolai Fadeyechev, the two dance the tragic love story. The lovely Carmen catches the eye of a young military man who loses his heart and fortune to the tempting gypsy. But she has Read More

1981
Anna Karenina (Boshoi Ballet)

Crew: Choreography

Actors: Maya Plisetskaya, Mikhail Petukhov, Victor Barykin

1980
Anna Karenina

Crew: Choreography

Actors: Maya Plisetskaya, Alexander Godunov

Synopsis: 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 Read More

1979
Swan Lake (Bolshoi Ballet)

Actors: Maya Plisetskaya, Alexander Bogatyrev, Boris Efimov, Vladimir Abrosimov

Synopsis: 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. Read More

1976
Fantaziya

Actors: Maya Plisetskaya, Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Tatyana Vedeneeva, Andrei Popov, Anatoliy Berdyshev

1976
The World's Young Ballet

Synopsis: Directed by Arkad Tsineman, The World's Young Ballet examines the world of international ballet competitions for the younger set. Featured dancers are a young Mikhail Baryshnikov, who, before defecting from the Soviet Union, was a central figure in the Moscow competitive dance scene of 1969. Read More

1975
Anna Karenina (Bolshoi Ballet)

Crew: Choreography

Actors: Maya Plisetskaya, Alexander Godunov, Vladimir Tikhonov

Synopsis: 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 Read More

1974
Maya Plisetskaya in Carmen

Synopsis: This compilation performance video from Kultur features excerpts of prima ballerina Maya Plisetskaya from the Bolshoi Ballet as the lead in Georges Bizet's opera Carmen. Other highlights include clips of Raymonda, Bach's Prelude, and The Dying Swan. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide Read More

1973
Tchaikovsky

Actors: Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Vladislav Strzhelchik, Yevgeny Leonov, Yevgeni Yevstigneyev, Antonina Shuranova

Synopsis: Innokenty Smotkunovsky essays the title role in the Russian production Tchaikovsky (released in some areas as Tchaikowski). Avoiding the erotic sensationalism of Kenneth Russell's The Music Lovers, the film illustrates how Tchaikovsky's life and work were virtually one in the same. Among the many Read More

1970
Carmen Suite

Actors: Maya Plisetskaya, Nikolai Fadeyechev, Sergei Radchenko, Alexander Lavrenyuk, Natalya Kasatkina

Synopsis: 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 Read More

1969
Plisetskaya Dances

Actors: Maya Plisetskaya

Synopsis: 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," Read More

1964
Konyok Gorbunok

Actors: Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasilyev, Aleksandr Radunskiy

Synopsis: The Little Humpbacked Horse is a modern ballet filmed at the Bolshoi Theater and starring Maya Plisetskaya as the Queen Maiden and dancer Vladimir Vasilyev as Ivan. Ivan is a good-hearted soul who acquires three horses, and one of them is the humpbacked horse (danced by Anya Scher Binina). Ivan's Read More

1962
The Little Humpbacked Horse

Synopsis: Based on a classic Russian folktale, The Little Humpacked Horse centers around a magical horse whose powers help the happy-go-lucky Ivan realize that what matters in life cannot be bought or sold. Though kindness eventually prevails, the unlikely duo must first go through a series of adventures Read More

1961
Khovanshchina

Actors: Alexei Krivchenya, Anton Grigoryev, Albert Maslennikov, Kira Leonova, Mark Reyzen

1961
Lebedinoe Ozero

Actors: Maya Plisetskaya, Nikolai Fadeyechev, Viktor Levashev, Viktor Khomyakov

1957
Swan Lake (Bolshoi Ballet)

Actors: Maya Plisetskaya, Nikolai Fadeyechev

Synopsis: 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 Read More

1957
Mastera Russkogo Baleta

Actors: Galina Ulanova, Natalya Dudinskaya, Konstantin Sergeyev, Maya Plisetskaya, Petr Gusev

1953
Stars of the Russian Ballet

Actors: Galina Ulanova

Synopsis: The music of Tschaikovsky and B. S. Asafiev dominates the soundtrack of the Soviet dance documentary Stars of the Russian Ballet. Those stars include such luminaries as Galina Ulanova, N. M. Sergeyev, M. M. Plisteskaya and N. M. Dudinskaya. Three concert pieces are offered, beginning with the Read More

1953
Russian Ballet: The Classics

Synopsis: Enjoy the performances of some of Russia's greatest ballet dancers. ~ All Movie Guide Read More