Moscow Honors Bolshoi's 'True Queen'; Ballerina Maya Plisetskaya Will Mark 80th Birthday With Brief Performance From: The Washington Post | Date: November 20, 2005| Author: Peter Finn | Copyright 2005 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Her leaps are legend. Swan-arms raised to the heavens, leg bent toward the back of her auburn hair, she seemed to stop in midair. Maya Plisetskaya always hung there, for the longest moment, as if she might defeat time and gravity.

One of the Soviet Union's greatest ballerinas, and certainly among its most individualistic, Plisetskaya is still keeping time at bay. On Sunday night, at Moscow's Kremlin Palace, she will celebrate her 80th birthday by performing "Ave Maya," a three-minute b...

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