Ekaterina Maximova

Maximova in 1972
Maximova as Kitri and her husband Vladimir Vasiliev as Basilio in Don Quixote at the Bolshoi Theatre. (c. 1970)

Ekaterina Sergeyevna Maximova (Russian: Екатерина Сергеевна Максимова; 1 February 1939 – 28 April 2009)[1] was a Soviet and Russian ballerina of the second part of the 20th century who was internationally recognised. She was a prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theatre for 30 years, a ballet pedagogue, winner of international ballet competitions, Laureate of many prestigious International and Russian awards, a professor in GITIS, Honorary professor at the Moscow State University, Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts, and an Executive Committee member of the Russian Center of Counseil International De La Danse, UNESCO.

  1. ^ Weber, Bruce (29 April 2009). "Ekaterina Maximova, Ballerina, Dies at 70". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 April 2009.