Alexander Shiryaev
Birthday: 1867-09-10
Deathday: 1941-04-25
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Gender: Male
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.
Credits
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1906-07-19 | Dance with a Ball |
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1906-01-02 | “Fool’s Dance” from Petipa's Mlada |
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1906-01-01 | Buffon Dance |
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1906-01-01 | Pierrot-artists |
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1906-01-01 | Pierrot, Harlequin and a Ball |
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1905-01-01 | Birds in Flight |