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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 ...

This is much more than an artistic memoir—it is a courageous account of an era. Plisetskaya was born in Moscow in 1925, joined the Bolshoi Ballet in 1943, and became one of its most acclaimed prima ...

I first saw a video of Maya Plisetskaya dancing when she died early last month. Though I grew up going to the ballet with some frequency, and took lessons for eight years, lately I’ve been bored by it ...

Manhattan’s Metropolitan Opera House is destined for the wrecker’s ball in May—that is, if it lasts that long. Last week the visiting Bolshoi Ballet practically tore down the house all by itself. Most ...