July 27 marks the 75th anniversary of the birth of Maris Liepa.
Bolshoi Theatre soloists Natalya Bessmertnova and Maris Liepa during a rehearsal.
Maris Liepa as the Prince in the ballet “Swan Lake”.
A scene from the ballet “Don Quixote”.
Maris Liepa and Raisa Struchkova in a scene from the ballet “Romeo and Juliet” by Sergei Prokofiev.
Bolshoi Theatre ballet soloist Maris Liepa in the ballet “Swan Lake”.
Bolshoi Theatre soloists Raisa Struchkova as Juliet and Maris Liepa as Romeo in the ballet “Romeo and Juliet” by Sergei Prokofiev.
A scene from the ballet “The Legend of Love”, with Natalya Bessmertnova as Shyrin and Maris Liepa as Ferkhad.
A scene from the ballet “Spartacus”
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Maris Liepa as Crassus in the ballet “Spartacus”
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Marina Kondratyeva and Maris Liepa in the ballet “Le Spectre de la Rose” by Carl Maria von Weber.
Maris Liepa and Irina Kholina in the televised film ballet “Hamlet”.
Maya Plisetskaya and Maris Liepa during a rehearsal for the ballet “Anna Karenina” by Rodion Shchedrin.
Yekaterina Maksimova as Eliza Doolittle and Maris Liepa as Henry Higgins during filming of the ballet “Galatea”.
