Alexander Shiryaev

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1867-09-10 (74 years old)

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

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.

Acting

2004

A Belated Premiere

as Self (archive footage)

1906

'Fool's Dance' from Petipa's 'Mlada'

Production

1906

Buffon Dance

as Director

1906

Buffon Dance

as Animation

1906

Pierrot-artists

as Director

1905

Birds in Flight

as Director