The celebrations of Maya Plisetskaya’s 80th birthday (years that her beauty and blazing temperament utterly deny) continue round the world, a fact unprecedented and heart-warming. On Sunday night the Royal Opera House was the setting for a succession of variously splendid or noxious duets, a solo, and the unhappy moment (…)
Maya Plisetskaya Gala at the Latvian National Opera
A Gala concert of world ballet stars will take place at the Latvian National Opera (Riga) on August 24, 2005. Such well known dancers as Vladimir Derevyanko (Dresden), Egle Shpokaite (The National Latvian Opera), Irma Nioradze (Maryinsky Theatre), Andrei Uvarov and Galina Stepanenko (Bolshoi Theatre) will participate in the gala. (…)
Ave Maya
The Maris Liepa Charitable Foundation is preparing to issue a unique photo album, entitled “Ave Maya,” devoted to the artistry and life of Maya Plisetskaya. The album contains 365 photographs, 120 of which are accompanied Maya Plisetskaya’s own commentary both in Russian and in English translation. Included among the photographs (…)