I, Plisecka

An intimate theatrical production about the life of a prima ballerina.

Maya Plissetskaya - a symbol of twentieth-century world ballet, synonymous with The Dying Swan, Carmen, and Anna Karenina. In 2025, one hundred years have passed since her birth.

The production explores the artist's life story through a multidisciplinary form that combines theatre, expressive dance, and ballet. It traces the evolution and transformation of ballet art against the backdrop of historical events.

Plissetskaya appears in the performance as a roughly fifty-year-old artist who, during her recovery from an injury, reflects on her life in conversation with two foreign journalists. The audience discovers not only her iconic stage roles - Carmen, Odette / Odile, Kitri, Anna Karenina, The Dying Swan, and Bolero - but also the behind-the-scenes and political workings of the Soviet Union at that time.