Alexander Shiryaev
Known for
Directing
Born
September 10, 1867
Birthplace
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Died
April 25, 1941 (aged 73)
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.
Best known work
Buffon Dance
1906
A Belated Premiere
2004
“Fool’s Dance” from Petipa's Mlada
1906The Comediant Girl
1923
Pierrot-artists
1906Birds in Flight
1905
Dance with a Ball
1906
Pierrot, Harlequin and a Ball
1906Filmography
2004
A Belated Premiereas Self (archive footage)
1923
The Comediant Girlas Skripochkin, choreographer
1906
Dance with a BallDirector
1906
1906
Buffon DanceDirector, Animation
1906
Pierrot-artistsDirector
1906
Pierrot, Harlequin and a BallDirector
1905
Birds in FlightDirector