swap_horiz Bernie Schürch Alternatives

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Grock (Charles Adrien Wettach)

Charles Adrien Wettach, known as Grock, was a Swiss mime performer active throughout the 20th century. He achieved inter...

Swiss Stage 20TH Century Legendary

9.2 Excellent

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Eugenio Barba

Eugenio Barba is an Italian theater director renowned for his pioneering work in Theatre Anthropology. He established Od...

Italian Contemporary Physical Theater Theater Researcher

9.1 Excellent

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Michael Moschen

Michael Moschen is an American contemporary mime known for his groundbreaking approach to stage performance. He develope...

Stage American Contemporary Kinetic Sculpture

8.9 Great

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Simon McBurney

Simon McBurney is a British stage performer and director recognized for his innovative work in physical theater. He co-e...

Stage Contemporary British Physical Theater

8.9 Great

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Mummenschanz

Mummenschanz is a Swiss mask-theatre troupe founded in 1972 by Bernie Schürch, Andres Bossard, and Floriana Frassetto.

Swiss Stage Visual Mask

8.7 Great

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Dimitri

Swiss clown and mime (born 1935) who trained with leading European mime masters and became internationally renowned for...

Swiss Classic Stage Clown

8.7 Great

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Philippe Gaulier

Philippe Gaulier is a French theater teacher and clown who studied under Jacques Lecoq and founded the École Philippe Ga...

Teacher French Contemporary Clown

8.7 Great

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Peter Schumann

German-American puppeteer who founded Bread and Puppet Theater in New York City in 1963, known for large-scale political...

Contemporary Political Puppetry German American

8.7 Great

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Andres Bossard

Swiss mime and co-founder of Mummenschanz (1972), the internationally touring company known for abstract mask and object...

Swiss 20TH Century Mask Ensemble

8.5 Great

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Floriana Frassetto

Italian-born co-founder of the Swiss mime company Mummenschanz (1972), celebrated for its abstract, wordless performance...

Swiss Contemporary Mask Ensemble

8.5 Great

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Gilles Ste-Croix

Canadian circus artist and co-founder of Cirque du Soleil (1984), originally a stilt-walker whose street performances in...

Contemporary Canadian Founder Circus

8.5 Great

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Avner Eisenberg (Avner the Eccentric)

American physical comedian known as Avner the Eccentric, who appeared in the 1985 film 'The Jewel of the Nile' and creat...

Stage American Contemporary Solo

8.3 Great

13

Radim Vizvary

Radim Vizvary is a Czech mime and physical theater artist working within the strong Central European tradition of mime t...

Stage Contemporary Solo Czech

8.2 Great

14

Dimitri (Dimitri Müller)

Swiss clown and mime (1935–2019) celebrated for blending circus skills, music, and silent comedy across a performance ca...

Swiss Stage Contemporary Circus

8.2 Great

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Gilles Maheu

Canadian theater director and mime who founded Montreal's Carbone 14 company in 1981, pioneering a visceral, image-based...

Stage Contemporary Canadian Ensemble

8.2 Great

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David Shiner

American clown and mime who gained wide recognition through Cirque du Soleil and co-created the Broadway show 'Fool Moon...

Stage American Contemporary Clown

8.1 Great

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Victoria Chaplin

Victoria Chaplin is the daughter of Charlie Chaplin and a Swiss-French circus and theater artist who co-founded the Cirq...

Stage Contemporary Clown Cirque Imaginaire

7.9 Good

18

Geoff Hoyle

British-born American clown and physical comedian who performed with the Pickle Family Circus and appeared in several Br...

Stage Contemporary Clown British American

7.9 Good

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R.G. Davis

American director who founded the San Francisco Mime Troupe in 1959, pioneering politically engaged, free outdoor theatr...

American 20TH Century Political Ensemble

7.9 Good

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David Glass

British director who founded the David Glass Ensemble in 1988, creating visually striking physical theatre works often d...

Stage Contemporary British Ensemble

7.8 Good