Type: Documentary, Ballet
Ballet Company: The Bolshoi Ballet
Soloist: Maya Plisetskaya
Year: 2004

A moving documentary on Maya Plisetskaya, prima ballerina for the Bolshoi Theatre from 1945, known for her technical and dynamic movement quality. Presenting a showcase of Maya in many of her greatest performances, including excerpts from Don Quixote, Swan Lake, and Romeo and Juliet. This program includes an interview in which Maya looks back on her long and illustrious career and sheds light on her journey as a dancer through Russian history, and her perseverance, despite persecution.