Alexander Shiryaev
Directing
September 10, 1867
Died at age 73
April 25, 1941
Date of Death
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
2 Credits
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.
