Irina Chernaya
Irina trained at the National Ballet Academy in Kharkiv, Ukraine. She was dancing lid roles in company's repertoire such as Chosen Girl in “La Sacre du printemps”, Lilac Fairy in “Slipping Beauty” and more in Kharkiv National Opera and Ballet theatre company.
Irina received Scholarship to join Vienna Ballet Conservatory, she was finalist at the Pierre Lacoste, Paris International ballet competition and Finalist of Rudolph Nureyev International Ballet Competition in Budapest. Irina has been singing since she was a child and participated in many International and local art festivals and events.
Later, Her passion for Jazz music led her to sing and song-write in Classical and Jazz styles as well as to perform as an actress at Russian Drama Theatre in Toronto, Canada. She recorded two jazz albums.
Irina had been teaching and choreographing since she stopped dancing: in China, Ukraine and Toronto as a jazz and ballet master.
