'In the 80s of the last century, I was lucky enough to communicate closely with Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya. This book is a tribute to memory. Respect and worship of the great ballerina and outstanding personality. What she has always remained in my heart." - The author Elena Yerofeeva-Litvinskaya writes.The album includes rare, previously unpublished photographs of Vladimir Pchelkin. Yakov Khalip. Elena Fetisova and Alexey Brazhnikov.Elena Yerofeeva-Litvinskaya is a poet, art critic, publicist. She was born in Moscow in a family of scientists. Graduated with honors from the Faculty of Theater Studies of GITIS. Lunacharsky. Author of 12 books and several thousand publications in the press. She entered as a person in the encyclopedia "Russian Ballet". Winner of the television contest "Romance of the XXI century" on the Culture channel. She was awarded the A. P. Chekhov Prize and Medal "for faithful service to Russian literature".The book combines rare testimonies about the life and work of the great ballerina Maya Plisetskaya in the presentation of the talented writer and honored theater worker Elena Yerofeyeva-Litvinskaya.The richly decorated edition of the Stars of the Century series with a portrait cover and high quality printing will allow fans to touch the "phenomenon" of Plisetskaya, the queen of Russian ballet.Many of the photographs included in the book have never been published before.