And the diva from Moscow. (New York).(Maya Plisetskaya, Assoluta)(Movie Review)

From: Dance Magazine | Date: March 1, 2003| Author: Perron, Wendy | Copyright information

New Yorkers got a peek at the new film Maya Plisetskaya, Assoluta, a documentary by Elisabeth Kapnist and Christian Dumais-Lvowski, at the New York Public Library of Performing Arts at Lincoln Center in December. And we got to see La Plisetskaya herself wrestling with our questions. The film reminded us of the absolute fire she spread onstage and revealed the trouble she had with the Communist Party. She was accused of being a British spy (she didn't and doesn't speak one word of...

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