Person

Alexander Shiryaev

Directing · 1867–1941 · Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]

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.

• The Comediant Girl

  Skripochkin, choreographer

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  Dance with a Ball

  Director

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  A Belated Premiere

  Self (archive footage)

• “Fool’s Dance” from Petipa's Mlada

  1906

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  Pierrot-artists

  Director

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  Pierrot, Harlequin and a Ball

  Director

• Birds in Flight

  Director

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  Buffon Dance

  Director

• 2004A Belated PremiereSelf (archive footage)
• 1923The Comediant GirlSkripochkin, choreographer
• 1906Dance with a BallDirector
• 1906“Fool’s Dance” from Petipa's Mlada
• 1906Buffon DanceDirector
• 1906Pierrot-artistsDirector
• 1906Pierrot, Harlequin and a BallDirector
• 1905Birds in FlightDirector