Maya Plisetskaya New Edition

The film is based on the 1964 film by V. Katanyan about Maya Plisetskaya. M. Plisetskaya at rehearsals, during performances, with R. Shchedrin at home. Photos from the family archive of M. Plisetskaya. Newsreel. Fragment of the feature film "The Leper". M. Plisetskaya's mother - Ra Messerer in the film "The Leper". Classes at the choreographic school of the Bolshoi Theater. 14-year-old M. Plisetskaya in the classroom. Classes are conducted by E.P. Gerd. M. Plisetskaya in the classroom in the ballet class of the Bolshoi Theater. Classes are taught by A. Messerer. Fragments of the ballets "Swan Lake", "The Sleeping Beauty", "Laurencia", "Spartacus", "The Little Humpbacked Horse", "Khovanshchina", "Dying Swan", "Bakhchisarai Fountain", "Raymonda", "Stone Flower", " Romeo and Juliet "," Don Quixote "(synchronously). Dancing: M. Plisetskaya, D. Bechak, V. Vasiliev, Yu. Zhdanov, M. Liepa, V. Tikhonov, N. Fadeechev. M. Plisetskaya rehearses with A. Grigorovich and M. Semenova, talks about her work (synchronously and behind the scenes), is present at a football match with A. Pakhmutova. M. Plisetskaya is awarded the Lenin Prize, among those present - E.S. Maximova.

B&W

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1981