Alexander Shiryaev
personal-info
known-for
Directing
gender
Male
birthday
1867-09-10
place-of-birth
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
also-known-as
Aleksandr Širjaev
Aleksandr Viktorovič Širjaev
Alexander Victorovic Shiryaev
Alexandr Victorovic Shiryaev
Александр Викторович Ширяев
Aleksandr Shiryayev
Alexandr Shiryaev
biography
Russian ballet dancer, ballet master and choreographer, founder of character dance in Russian ballet who served at the Mariinsky Theatre. Shiryaev was also a pioneering animation director who is credited with invention of stop motion animation.