Māris Liepa

Māris Liepa
Marina Kondratyeva as Giselle and Maris Liepa as Albrecht in a scene from Act 1 of Adolphe Charles Adam's ballet Giselle staged at the State Academic Bolshoi Theater of the USSR. 1 January 1972
Born
Māris Rūdolfs Liepa

27 July 1936
Riga, Latvia
Died26 March 1989(1989-03-26) (aged 52)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Resting placeVagankovo Cemetery, Moscow
OccupationDancer
Employer(s)Latvian Opera and Ballet Theatre, Bolshoi Theatre
Known forSpartacus, Swan Lake
ChildrenAndris Liepa and Ilze Liepa
AwardsPeople's Artist of the USSR
Websitehttp://liepa.ru/

Māris Rūdolfs Liepa (27 July 1936 – 26 March 1989) was a Soviet Latvian ballet dancer who was born in Riga and died in Moscow.

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