Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
September 10, 1867
Died
April 25, 1941
Age
73
Place of Birth
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Popularity
0.5
Alexander Shiryaev
Directing
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.
Also known as
Aleksandr Širjaev · Aleksandr Viktorovič Širjaev · Alexander Victorovic Shiryaev · Alexandr Victorovic Shiryaev · Александр Викторович Ширяев · Aleksandr Shiryayev
