Died honored artist of the RSFSR ballerina Irina Gensler

Soviet ballerina, honored artist of the RSFSR Irina Gensler died on October 22 at the 97th year of life. The farewell ceremony with the former soloist of the Kirov Theatre, now Mariinsky, will be held in St. Petersburg on October 27, according to the Academy of Russian Ballet named after Agrippina Vaganova.

Farewell and funeral will take place in the Trinity Cathedral. The beginning is scheduled for 14:30 Moscow time. After the ceremony, Gensler will be buried at the Gromov cemetery in the Moscow district of St. Petersburg.

Irina Gensler was born in 1930. In 1948, she graduated from the Leningrad Art School, where she studied with Agrippina Vaganova and Igor Belsky.

For more than 30 years, the ballerina performed at the Sergei Kirov Opera and Ballet Theater. Later, she taught at the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet, where she held the position of professor and was engaged in preserving the Russian and Soviet heritage of characteristic dance. This work Gensler continued until 2024.

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