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.
Filmography
all 3
Movies 3
Director 2
self 1
Self (archive footage)
A Belated Premiere (2004)
Movie
Director
Pierrot-artists (1906)
Movie
Director / Animation
Buffon Dance (1906)
Movie
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1867-09-10
Deathday1941-04-25 (73 years old)
Birth PlaceSaint Petersburg, Russia
RelativesCesare Pugni
CitizenshipsSoviet Union, Russian Empire
Also Known AsAleksandr Širjaev, Aleksandr Viktorovič Širjaev , Alexander Victorovic Shiryaev, Alexandr Victorovic Shiryaev, Александр Викторович Ширяев, Aleksandr Shiryayev, Alexandr Shiryaev
AwardsOrder of the Red Banner of Labour, Merited Artist of the RSFSR
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