The farewell ceremony for choreographer Yuri Grigorovich began in Moscow.

The farewell ceremony for choreographer and People's Artist of the USSR Yuri Grigorovich began in Moscow. The footage is published by Izvestia on May 23.

The event takes place in the main foyer of the historic Bolshoi Theatre building.

The crowd came with a lot of flowers.

Dictator of beauty: choreographer Yuri Grigorovich has died

The outstanding choreographer staged his first ballet at the age of 20

Grigorovich's death became known on May 19. The choreographer died at the age of 98. Since 1964, he has been the chief choreographer of the Bolshoi Theatre. Grigorovich is the author of eight original ballets, as well as the editor of almost all classical productions that formed the basis of the Bolshoi Theater's repertoire.

Olga Lyubimova, Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation, called the choreographer a symbol of an entire epoch in the history of ballet art. According to her, the contribution of the People's Artist of the USSR to the development of Russian choreography cannot be overestimated.