Monument to Maya Plisetskaya by Victor Mitroshin opened in Moscow, near Bolshoi Theatre

Monument to Maya Plisetskaya was opened in Moscow on the birthday of the outstanding ballerina. The opening ceremony to the sounds of the famous "Carmen" by Bizet - Shchedrin was held at the named in honor of Maya Plisetskaya park on the Bolshaya Dmitrovka.

The ceremony was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets, Minister of Culture Vladimir Medina, chief conductor and director of the Mariinsky Theatre, People's Artist of Russia Valery Gergiev, spouse Plisetskaya composer Rodion Shchedrin and dozens of admirers of the great ballerina, which is literally strewn with flowers pedestal of the monument.

"Maya M. - it's an amazing phenomenon in world culture, a man who glorified the Russian ballet, raised it to a new level is a man who glorified Russia, a person who is for all the embodiment of talent and femininity I think that the opening of the monument.. attract here, to this place, not only lovers of ballet, and will attract all those who cherish Russian culture ", - said Golodets.

With perpetuate the memory made Plisetskaya Rodion Shchedrin, actively participate in all stages of implementation of the project. The initiative supported by the Ministry of Culture, to provide extra-budgetary funding, and the author of the sculpture become the Honoured Artist of Russia Viktor Mitroshin, who was personally acquainted with a dancer. Place the erection of the monument on October 13 the Moscow City Duma adopted the Commission on monumental art.

Rodion Shchedrin and Valery Gergiev at the opening of the monument to Maya Plisetskaya
As previously explained project architect Alexei Tikhonov, the sculpture became the main idea of ​​the illusion of soaring ballerina in the image of Carmen on the sky background. Mitroshin noted that not just trying to create a shape Plisetskaya, but as much as possible to embody the image of the actress.

Place the construction of the sculpture (in the vicinity of the Bolshoi Theatre) and the image of Carmen are not accidental. It was at the Bolshoi in 1967, the famous Cuban choreographer Alberto Alonso specially for Plisetskaya staged "Carmen Suite" by Bizet - Shchedrin. Carmen was one of the main roles of a ballerina and entered forever in the history of world choreography.

Maya Plisetskaya died in Munich May 2, 2015, a 90-year life.