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November 2009: Maya Plisetskaya is awarded with the Russian Ballet Prize "Soul of the Dance" in the nomination "Legend"

The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the editorial department of the magazine "Ballet" announced on these days the winners of the Ballet Prize "Soul of the Dance” of the year 2009. Among the laureates of this prestigious national award, which is granted each year since 1994 for first-class and outstanding achievements in dance art, is Maya Plisetskaya’s name right at the front. The diva of dance celebrated in the whole world as a ballet legend now will be officially honored as such by this prize in the nomination “Legend”.
The “Soul of the Dance” will be handed over to Maya Plisetskaya in April 2010 (the exact date will be announced later) during the prize giving ceremony in Moscow.