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Undated portrait shows Russian ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director Maija Plissetskaja posing at the Harcourt studios in Paris. Plissetskaja is considered one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century and in 1960 took over Ulanova's title as prima ballerina assoluta of the Bolshoi. AFP PHOTO (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) (Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)