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Ekaterina Sergeevna Maximova (Russian:
Екатери́на Серге́евна
Макси́мова; 1 February 1939 – 28 April 2009)[1]
was a Soviet and Russian ballerina of international renown.
Career
Maximova was born in Moscow, Soviet Union. An artist who combined great
technical prowess with piquant prettiness, Maximova enjoyed her
greatest successes in Giselle, Don Quixote, Cinderella and The
Nutcracker. On May 8, 1966, Maximova was one of the Bolshoi stars
who danced in the last program presented at the old Metropolitan
Opera House on Thirty-ninth Street and Broadway. Maximova was
coached by the legendary ballerina Galina Ulanova.
Maximova performed with the Bolshoi Ballet from
1958 until 1980, often performing opposite her husband Vladimir Vasiliev.
She was greatly admired for her technical skills, athleticism, and
her "piquant prettiness". Her greatest successes were the roles of
Kitri in Don Quixote, Clara in The
Nutcracker, and the title roles in Giselle and Cinderella. When the
Bolshoi Ballet toured to the United States for the first time in
1959, Maximova also performed as a guest artist with the Metropolitan
Opera in leading roles in The Stone Flower and other
ballets. She later was one of the Bolshoi stars who danced in the
last program presented at the old Metropolitan Opera House on
Thirty-ninth Street and Broadway on May 8, 1966. Following her
career as a dancer, Maximova was a coach with the ballet and a
member of the GITIS Institute
faculty.[2]
On 27 April 2009 she died aged 70 in Moscow, Russia.
Awards
Maximova was the recipient of the Gold Medal at the Varna
Competition in 1964 and the USSR State Prize in 1981. She was
named a People's Artist of the USSR
in 1973.
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