WASHINGTON — Maya Plisetskaya, one of the foremost 20th-century ballerinas, who was identified with the Bolshoi Ballet of her native Russia, but whose theatrical fire, magnetic presence, and physical ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Maya Plisetskaya, regarded as one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century and whose career at the Bolshoi Theater spanned more than 35 years, has died at age 89. Bolshoi director ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Maya Plisetskaya, a star of Russia's Bolshoi ballet who overcame a legacy of Stalinist oppression to redefine her art and be feted as the greatest ballerina of her generation, has ...

Russia on Sunday mourned the death of Maya Plisetskaya, one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century who dazzled the world with her sensual performances and rare beauty. Plisetskaya, whose ...

MOSCOW (AP) — The ashes of Maya Plisetskaya, the renowned Bolshoi Theater ballerina who died this weekend, will be spread over Russia in accordance with her wishes. Bolshoi director Vladimir Urin said ...

In this photo made on May 22, 1998, Maya Plisetskaya receives ovations from spectators after a performance in the Zhovtnevy Palace in Kiev, Ukraine. Maya Plisetskaya, 89, widely regarded as one of the ...

Maya Plisetskaya, former prima ballerina assoluta at the Bolshoi Ballet, died Saturday at age 89. She stepped out from behind the Iron Curtain and onto a Western stage for the first time in 1959, and ...

As Russia’s Mariinsky Ballet prepared for the first performance of its brief residency at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, a gale-battered audience made its way to the doors. Speaking a mix of Russian ...

Maya Plisetskaya, considered one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century, died on Saturday at the age of 89, Vladimir Urin, the director of Russia's Bolshoi Theatre, announced. Plisetskaya and ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Maya Plisetskaya, regarded as one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century and whose career at the Bolshoi Theater spanned more than 35 years, has died at age 89. Bolshoi director ...