The dazzling star of Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya, who for several generations of audiences throughout the world embodied the very essence of ballet, its refined beauty and majesty will now shine down from Heaven...
A ballerina of rare talent, acting expressiveness, temperament and charisma, she received ovations at theatres throughout the world. As a dancer and as an actress, her absolute mastery made audiences empathise with her Odette in Swan Lake, and it was impossible to draw one’s eyes away from the breadth of her wings in The Dying Swan. And yet the legend of Plisetskaya’s personality was not just and not so much about roles in classical productions as much as it was about her thirst for new roles, new choreographers and new ballets. In the Soviet Union she managed to bring about the birth of her own Carmen in Carmen Suite staged by Alberto Alonso; as a ballerina of the Bolshoi Theatre she worked with Maurice Béjart and Roland Petit. Her intense stage career came to be seen as independence in art and proof that true art is above politics and knows no borders.
Maya Plisetskaya was a true friend of the Mariinsky Theatre – she always took a lively interest in the theatre’s everyday life and important events and was an honorary guest at numerous premieres.
The Mariinsky Theatre would like to express its condolences to the family and friends of Maya Plisetskaya. May she rest in peace...
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