Plisetskaya

American  

[pli-set-skah-yuh, plyi-syet-skuh-yuh] / plɪˈsɛt skɑ yə, plyɪˈsyɛt skə yə /

noun

1. Maya (Mikhailovna) 1925–2015, Russian prima ballerina and choreographer: Lithuanian and Spanish citizenships granted in the 1990s.

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Example Sentences

As for the 1972 “Anna Karenina” that Maya Plisetskaya choreographed for the Bolshoi Ballet, Wheater did not care for its score, by Rodion Shchedrin.

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2023

Ratmansky has a history with Plisetskaya; he was her last partner, dancing with her when she was in her 70s in “The Afternoon of a Faune.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 2017

Maya Plisetskaya, to whom Mr. Morrison devotes a whole chapter, was an important exception: She was trained in Moscow and danced in the Bolshoi throughout her career.

From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2016

When the ballerina Maya Plisetskaya died in Germany, in May, official Moscow shifted into high ceremonial gear, but then Plisetskaya’s widower, the composer Rodion Shchedrin, released his and Plisetskaya’s joint will.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 21, 2015

Plisetskaya had lived since 1991 in Munich, where she moved with her husband, composer Rodion Shedrin, following the collapse of the Soviet Union.

From Reuters • May 3, 2015