Alexander Shiryaev

Birthday: 1867-09-10
Deathday: 1941-04-25
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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

	Year	Title	Character
	1923-06-26	The Comediant Girl	Skripochkin, choreographer
	1906-01-02	“Fool’s Dance” from Petipa's Mlada