Person
Alexander Shiryaev
- Specialty
- Directing
- Birth
- September 10, 1867 · 73 years
- Death
- April 25, 1941
- Origin
- Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Technical Alias
Aleksandr ŠirjaevAleksandr Viktorovič Širjaev Alexander Victorovic ShiryaevAlexandr Victorovic ShiryaevАлександр Викторович Ширяев
Professional Trajectory
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.
