Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Born
September 10, 1867
Died
April 25, 1941 (age 73)
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
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.
