Alexander Shiryaev
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 10, 1867
- Place of birth
- Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
- Died
- April 25, 1941
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.
Movies with Alexander Shiryaev
Movies directed by Alexander Shiryaev
- Buffon Dance 1906 · ★ 7.0
- Pierrot-artists 1906
- Birds in Flight 1905
- Dance with a Ball 1906
- “Fool’s Dance” from Petipa's Mlada 1906
- Pierrot, Harlequin and a Ball 1906