1867-09-10 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.
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Запоздавшая премьера | Self (archive footage) | 2004-01-30 |
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'Fool's Dance' from Petipa's 'Mlada' | 1906-01-01 |
