Although she toured extensively during the same years that other dancers defected , including Rudolf Nureyev , Natalia Makarova and Mikhail Baryshnikov , Plisetskaya always refused to defect .
Although she toured extensively during the years that other dancers defected , including Rudolph Nureyev , Natalia Makarova and Mikhail Baryshnikov , Plisetskaya always returned to Russia .