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Also Known As Maya Mikhaylovna Plisetskaya
Born November 20, 1925 • Moscow • Russia
Died May 2, 2015 (aged 89) • Munich • Germany
Awards And Honors Praemium Imperiale (2006)

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Maya Plisetskaya
Alexander Godunov and Maya Plisetskaya in Death of the Rose
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Sergey Prokofiev
Russian composer
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich
Russian composer
Mikhail Baryshnikov performing with the Bolshoi Ballet
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Russian-American dancer
Sylvie Guillem
Sylvie Guillem
French dancer
David Hockney
David Hockney
British artist
Hans Werner Henze.
Hans Werner Henze
German composer
Maurice Béjart.
Maurice Béjart
French dancer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Serge Diaghilev, c. 1916.
Serge Diaghilev
Russian ballet impresario
Nijinsky in Paris
Vaslav Nijinsky
Russian dancer
Bakst, Léon
Léon Bakst
Russian artist
Medusa
Michel Fokine
Russian dancer and choreographer
Anna Pavlova
Anna Pavlova
Russian ballerina
Alexei Ratmansky
Russian dancer and choreographer
Vaganova, Agrippina
Agrippina Vaganova
Russian ballerina
Rudolf Nureyev performing in Flower Festival at Genzano.
Rudolf Nureyev
Soviet-born dancer
Léonide Massine
Russian dancer
Diana Vishneva
Diana Vishneva
Russian ballerina
Nicholas Roerich
Russian set designer