Alexander Shiryaev
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday10 September 1867
Died25 April 1941 (age 73)
Place of birthSaint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Known credits8
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.
A Belated Premiere
2004 · Self (archive footage)
The Comediant Girl
1923 · Skripochkin, choreographer
Dance with a Ball
1906 · Director
“Fool’s Dance” from Petipa's Mlada
1906
“Fool’s Dance” from Petipa's Mlada
1906 · Director
Buffon Dance
1906 · Director
Buffon Dance
1906 · Animation
Pierrot-artists
1906 · Director
Pierrot, Harlequin and a Ball
1906 · Director
Birds in Flight
1905 · Director
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