Trending Popular Now playing Top rated Upcoming Genres Action Adventure Animation Comedy Crime Documentary Drama Family Fantasy History Horror Music Mystery Romance Science Fiction TV Movie Thriller War Western

Alexandr Shiryaev

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
September 10, 1867
April 25, 1941
Male
2
San Pietroburgo, Russia
Aleksandr Širjaev, Aleksandr Viktorovič Širjaev , Alexander Shiryaev, Alexander Victorovic Shiryaev, Alexandr Victorovic Shiryaev