Here is a picture of her dancing as Kitri from the ballet Don Quixote, one of her signature dancing roles:
Posted on 04/28/2009 5:57:10 PM PDT by RayChuang88
MOSCOW (AP) — Legendary Russian ballerina Ekaterina Maximova, who graced the stage of the Bolshoi Theater for 30 years, died Tuesday. She was 70.
The theater said Maximova died at home and no cause of death was immediately determined. She had been working as a ballet coach and was not known to be suffering from ill health.
Ballet directors and President Dmitry Medvedev praised Maximova's work as an artist and a teacher of young ballerinas, and mourned her death as a great loss to Russia.
Maximova's dancing career at the Bolshoi spanned three decades, from her debut as Masha in "The Nutcracker" in 1958 until 1988. Called "Ekaterina the Great," or Catherine the Great, for her impeccable technique and versatility, she danced most of the major female roles of classical ballet and also experimented with avant-garde dance.
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Here is a picture of her dancing as Kitri from the ballet Don Quixote, one of her signature dancing roles:
Yes, unofficial assoluta in my mind. Yes, a true successor to Maya, my personal favorite.
The ballet today is overly technical in my view and lacking the bravura and artistry of those ballerinas.
The extreme emaciation is unattractive. Futhermore, New York City ballet is horrible. V’s wife.
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