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.
Aleksandr Širjaev • Aleksandr Viktorovič Širjaev • Alexander Victorovic Shiryaev • Alexandr Victorovic Shiryaev • Александр Викторович Ширяев
