Top 2 Quotes & Sayings by Maya Plisetskaya

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Russian dancer Maya Plisetskaya.
Last updated on April 15, 2025.
Maya Plisetskaya

Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress. In post-Soviet times, she held both Lithuanian and Spanish citizenship. She danced during the Soviet era at the Bolshoi Theatre under the directorships of Leonid Lavrovsky, then of Yury Grigorovich; later she moved into direct confrontation with him. In 1960, when famed Russian ballerina Galina Ulanova retired, Plisetskaya became prima ballerina assoluta of the company.

Your character is your fate. — © Maya Plisetskaya
Your character is your fate.
The only weapon I had was my dancing. With that I fought like a general without an army. If I could have saved all the energy I wasted on my struggle it would have sufficed me to cover a dozen ballets.
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