Anna Plisetskaya

Anna Alexandrovna Plisetskaya (Russian: Анна Александровна Плисецкая, born August 18, 1971) is a Russian ballerina, actress and producer.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Alexandrovna and the family name is Plisetskaya.
Anna Plisetskaya
Born (1971-08-18) August 18, 1971
Moscow, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian
Occupation(s)ballerina, actress, producer
Parent(s)Alexander Plisetski
Marianna Sedova
RelativesMaya Plisetskaya (aunt)
Azari Plisetski (uncle)
Rachel Messerer (grandmother)
Asaf Messerer (great-uncle)
Sulamith Messerer (great-aunt)
Boris Messerer (first cousin once removed)

Family

Anna Plisetskaya belongs to the Messerer-Plisetski artistic family. She was born to Alexander Plisetski, a Ballet master and Marianna Sedova, a ballerina at the Bolshoi Theatre. Her aunt was the well-known ballet dancer Maya Plisetskaya. Her uncle was the principal dancer Azari Plisetski. Her paternal grandmother was silent film actress Rachel Messerer (the sister of ballet dancer and teacher Asaf Messerer and of ballerina Sulamith Messerer). Boris Messerer, a theater artist, is her father's first cousin.

Biography

Anna was born in Moscow on August 18, 1971.[1]

She spent her childhood in South America. During 1974–76 her family lived in Lima (Peru), where her father had founded the Ballet at National University of San Marcos.[2] Next two years the family spent in Buenos Aires (Argentina) where her father worked for Teatro Colón (1976–78).

Anna Plisetskaya studied at Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in Saint Petersburg during 1981–1989. Upon graduation from the academy, Anna was invited to Mariinsky Theatre where she became a soloist dancer. From 1989 to 1995 danced at a number of a world-famous ballets: "Don Quixote", "La Sylphide", "Coppélia", "Polovetsian Dances" from the opera "Prince Igor", "The Fountain of Bakhchisarai", and Mirta at «Giselle».

In 1993–95 Anna was a soloist of the Béjart Ballet troupe directed by Maurice Béjart.

Anna Plisetskaya had her own Solo Ballet Program from 1995 to 2006.

Filmography

During 2007–10 Anna Plisetskaya was a guest at numerous TV shows. Documentary films about Anna were broadcast on Russian local TV channels STS, NTV, REN-TV, TV Center, Russia K and other.[7]

Performances and programs
  • 2003 – Author and producer of "The whole world" show [8] and "Renaissance Generation" (2000) in Concert Hall «Rossia».
  • 2007 – Performance director "The City by Jazz eyes" with Daniel Kramer.[9]

Music
  • Single «Blue Moon» (2008)
  • Betsi Jane «Dinner with Jazz» [10] (2009)

See also

References
  1. «Rossiyskaya Gazeta» 18.07.2003, No 144 (3258)
  2. ""San Marcos" – Alejandro Plisetski ensayando a partir de 1973". Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
  3. (September 8, 2009), «Mary Poppins - the creators» film by Anastasia Sorokina, RENTV channel - 06.11.2009 Archived September 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. (April 18, 2009), «The Last Tarantella» −1992 – latest film ballet by Alexander Belinsky Archived January 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  5. The play "Anna Karenina" 2006 Archived January 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Балерина Анна Плисецкая: "В три года я уже играла в "Анне Карениной"" [Ballerina Anna Plisetskaya: At the age of three I already performed in "Anna Karenina"]. Izvestia. 25 April 2006.
  7. Films shown on TV channels 2007–10 Archived January 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  8. Kseniya Larina (June 7, 2003). "Анна Плисецкая" [Anna Plisetskaya]. Echo of Moscow. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  9. (September 27, 2009), «The City by Jazz eyes» film - a performance 2007 Archived January 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  10. Discography 2009 Archived January 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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