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Aleksandr Shiryaev
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dancer (Mariinsky and Ballets Russes), pioneer of film and animation
Film & TV
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.
Known for
- A Belated Premiere — Self (archive footage)2004
- The Comediant Girl — Skripochkin, choreographer1923
- “Fool’s Dance” from Petipa's Mlada1906
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Aleksandr
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Saint Petersburg
- Place of death
- Saint Petersburg
- Occupation
- cinematographer
- Educated at
- Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet
- Image
- Aleksandr Shiryayev.jpg
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- name in native language
- Александр Викторович Ширяев
- Commons category
- Alexander Shiryaev
- date of birth
- 1867-00-00
- date of death
- 1941-00-00
- relative
- Cesare Pugni
- Commons Creator page
- Alexander Shiryaev
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