Tags: ballet  dance  maya  moscow  ntd  plisetskaya  russia  
Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Author: NTDTV
Length: 01:27
Rating: 5.00
Views: 418
ANCHOR:And in Russia two cultural icons celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on Thursday - legendary ballerina Maya Plisetskaya and her husband composer Rodion Shchedrin. Here's more from Moscow.STORY:In front of an audience in the Small Hall of the Moscow Conservatory the pair hosted a celebration concert.In a recent interview in their Moscow home, Shchedrin talks about their life together.[Rodion Shchedrin, Russian Composer]:"We say, "don't worry its all going to be ok.Quoting 'Ruslan and Ludmila' by Alexander Pushkin, 'Success is followed by sorrow, but out of sorrow comes joy' - and so on, and it makes everything all right, we don't need to look for anything more."Plisetskaya recalls how a friend wished the couple well when they married.[Maya Plisetskaya, Prima Ballerina]:"She wished for us the chance to grow old together on one pillow."[Rodion Shchedrin, Russian Composer]:"And actually that is what we are doing!"Plisetskaya became a principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet in 1943 and a Prima ballerina in 1962. For many years she was excluded from tours to the West due to political reasons. But in 1959 she was finally allowed to join a tour to the US and the American audience loved her.The couple married in 1958, and in later years Shchedrin often composed music especially for his wife.

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