Also known as: Aleksandr Širjaev · Aleksandr Viktorovič Širjaev · Alexander Victorovic Shiryaev · Alexandr Victorovic Shiryaev · Александр Викторович Ширяев · Aleksandr Shiryayev…
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.
