Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthdate
1867-09-10
Day of Death
1941-04-25
Place of Birth
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Alexander 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.
