Artists pay homage to the Russian star Maya Plisetskaya – Le Figaro

DISAPPEARANCE – One of the greatest figures of the Bolshoi theater died Friday in Munich. Numerous personalities from the world of culture have honored the memory of the ballerina nicknamed the Diva of the dance.

The dance world mourns the one of its most beautiful stars. The death of the Russian ballerina Maya Plisetskaya evokes emotion in Russia but also worldwide. Throughout the day Sunday, Russian television news open their editions on the capers of the dancer, who died Saturday of a heart attack at 89 years, Germany.

The Bolshoi Theatre, which had devoted “Prima ballerina assoluta” observed a minute of silence before the start of his show Sunday night for the ballerina who danced fifty years on his plates. “Maya Plisetskaya is eternal,” said General Director of the Bolshoi Vladimir Ourine. “She was, she is, she will.”

In France, Fleur Pellerin welcomes “a diva of dance (which) has devoted his entire life to the ballet.” It recalls the collaboration of the prima ballerina of the Bolshoi, with the Paris Opera, the Ballet of the twentieth century by Maurice Béjart, Ballet of Nancy and the Dance Biennale of Lyon. “She was the interpreter including Roland Petit and Maurice Béjart, she danced Bolero , and dedicated to him in 2005 the play Ave Maia ” it sang for his 80th birthday.

“She was also a choreographer and Pierre Cardin realize the costumes of his ballets,” said the minister, adding that the Russian dancer was a Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and Knight of the Legion of Honour. Pierre Bergé, former president of the Opéra de Paris Board of Directors (1988-1993) also pays tribute in a tweet to “an immense dancer.” The former partner of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent is “very sad for the death of Maya Plisetskaya” he says have “there is little magazine with her husband to a concert Shchedrin Renaud Capuçon.”

The dancers and choreographers from around the world are mourning the loss of a large star. “The days of the Great ballet legends ends”, wrote on his Facebook page Diana Vishneva, prima ballerina of the Mariinsky and American Ballet Theatre. “She will remain forever in the history synonymous with top of the art we will never be able to match”, welcomed Mikhail Kaniskine, principal dancer of the Ballet of Berlin.

According to Vladimir Ourine, Maya Plisetskaya asked that his ashes be scattered over Russia. His relatives and friends can send him a last farewell to Germany. Born November 20, 1925 in Moscow, Maya Plisetskaya was one of only two ballerinas of the Soviet Union that was dedicated the title “Prima ballerina assoluta.” She joined the Bolshoi in 1943, where she immediately established itself as one of the best dancers of his generation. Shining in the classics of the Bolshoi repertoire, she also distinguished for defying the Soviet regime, who called outrageous interpretation of some ballets.