Anna Plisetskaya

{{short description|Russian ballerina, actress and producer (born 1971)}}

{{family name hatnote|Alexandrovna|Plisetskaya|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Anna Plisetskaya

| image = Anna Plisetskaya1.jpg

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|8|18}}

| birth_place = Moscow, Soviet Union

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| nationality = Russian

| occupation = ballerina, actress, producer

| parents = Alexander Plisetski
Marianna Sedova

| relatives = Maya Plisetskaya (aunt)
Azari Plisetski (uncle)
Rachel Messerer (grandmother)
Asaf Messerer (great-uncle)
Sulamith Messerer (great-aunt)
Boris Messerer (first cousin once removed)

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Anna Alexandrovna Plisetskaya ({{langx|ru|Анна Александровна Плисецкая}}, born August 18, 1971) is a Russian ballerina, actress and producer.

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.«Rossiyskaya Gazeta» 18.07.2003, No 144 (3258)

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.ccsm-unmsm.edu.pe/ballet/historia.htm|title="San Marcos" – Alejandro Plisetski ensayando a partir de 1973|accessdate=February 25, 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620152131/http://www.ccsm-unmsm.edu.pe/ballet/historia.htm|archivedate=June 20, 2010|url-status=dead}} The family spent the next two years 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, she 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

1983 – Mary Poppins, Goodbye as Jane Banks.(September 8, 2009), [http://anna-plisetskaya.com/2009/09/08/event-786 «Mary Poppins - the creators» film by Anastasia Sorokina, RENTV channel - 06.11.2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912091537/http://anna-plisetskaya.com/2009/09/08/event-786|date=September 12, 2011}} Director – Leonid Kvinikhidze.
1992 – Film-ballet The Last Tarantella, as Nina.(April 18, 2009), [http://anna-plisetskaya.com/2009/04/18/event-568 «The Last Tarantella» −1992 – latest film ballet by Alexander Belinsky] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114135030/http://anna-plisetskaya.com/2009/04/18/event-568|date=January 14, 2011}} Director – Alexander Belinski
2006–08 – Theatre adaptation of the play "Anna Karenina",[http://anna-plisetskaya.com/news/anna-karenina The play "Anna Karenina" 2006] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114141503/http://anna-plisetskaya.com/news/anna-karenina|date=January 14, 2011 }} as Betsy, the Princess Elizaveta.{{cite news|url=https://iz.ru/news/313249|title=Балерина Анна Плисецкая: "В три года я уже играла в "Анне Карениной"|trans-title=Ballerina Anna Plisetskaya: At the age of three I already performed in "Anna Karenina"|date=25 April 2006|work=Izvestia}} Director – Andrew Zhitinkin.

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.[http://anna-plisetskaya.com/tv Films shown on TV channels 2007–10] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100120095646/http://anna-plisetskaya.com/tv|date=January 20, 2010}}

Performances and programs

2003 – Author and producer of "The whole world" show {{cite news|url=https://echo.msk.ru/programs/beseda/22409/|author=Kseniya Larina|title=Анна Плисецкая|trans-title=Anna Plisetskaya|publisher=Echo of Moscow|date=June 7, 2003|accessdate=June 28, 2019}} and "Renaissance Generation" (2000) in Concert Hall «Rossia».
2007 – Performance director "The City by Jazz eyes" with Daniel Kramer.(September 27, 2009), [http://anna-plisetskaya.com/2009/09/27/event-832 «The City by Jazz eyes» film - a performance 2007] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114154101/http://anna-plisetskaya.com/2009/09/27/event-832|date=January 14, 2011}}

Music

Single «Blue Moon» (2008)
Betsi Jane «Dinner with Jazz» [http://anna-plisetskaya.com/mp3 Discography 2009] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114135105/http://anna-plisetskaya.com/mp3 |date=January 14, 2011 }} (2009)