Alexander Shiryaev
Birthday: 1867-09-10
Deathday: 1941-04-25
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
imdb_id: nm7405659
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.
