Averbukh: “I staged, perhaps, one of the most important dances in the lives of Chernyshev and Zavorotnyuk, when Peter proposed to him”

Choreographer Ilya Averbukh said that the number during which figure skater Pyotr Chernyshev proposed to Anastasia Zavorotnyuk was perhaps one of the most important in his life.

Theater and film actress Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, died on May 30 at the age of 53 after a long and serious illness. She was the wife of figure skater and choreographer Pyotr Chernyshev.

On Saturday, a farewell ceremony for Zavorotnyuk will take place in Moscow.

— We talked with Anastasia Zavorotnyuk for quite a long time. After this misfortune happened to the family, it was not possible to meet, but we constantly communicated with Pyotr Chernyshev. We sent all possible forces to Nastya.

My life intersected with his in “Ice Age”, where Nastya was an excellent presenter. I choreographed perhaps one of the most important dances in Nastya and Peter’s lives, when Peter proposed to her.

I want to say a big thank you to these people who come like a river to say goodbye. This is the main thing an artist can achieve: popular love. Everyone comes here at the call of their heart, I think Nastya is looking down from above and is absolutely happy, ”reports the correspondent of , reporting Averbukh’s words.

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