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Slava Polunin

Slava Polunin is a renowned Russian mime artist celebrated for his intensely physical and visually arresting performance...

Russian Stage Visual Clown

9.4 Excellent

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Michael Moschen

American performance artist who pioneered contact juggling and received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1990 for his innovativ...

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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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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Bill Irwin

Bill Irwin is an American actor, clown, and mime, a 1984 MacArthur fellow who won a special Tony Award in 1999 for Fool...

Modern Stage American Broadway

8.5 Great

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Pierre Etaix

Pierre Etaix (1928–2016) was a French clown, mime, and filmmaker who collaborated with Jacques Tati and directed celebra...

Stage French 20TH Century Clown

8.4 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

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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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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

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Bolek Polívka

Czech clown, mime, and actor who rose to prominence with Brno's Divadlo na provázku theatre company and later became a c...

Stage Theater Contemporary Czech

7.8 Good

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Angela de Castro

Brazilian-born clown and mime based in the UK, known since the 1980s for solo shows combining physical comedy with emoti...

Stage Contemporary Solo Brazilian

7.8 Good

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Jean-Baptiste Thierrée

Jean-Baptiste Thierrée is a French circus and theater artist who co-founded the Cirque Imaginaire with Victoria Chaplin,...

Stage French Contemporary Clown

7.7 Good

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Bob Berky

American clown and mime known for his long creative collaboration with juggler Michael Moschen and for his inventive sol...

Stage American Contemporary Clown

7.7 Good

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Jango Edwards

American-born clown and mime who became a leading figure in European street and cabaret performance from the 1970s, base...

Stage American Contemporary International

7.6 Good

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Jeff Raz

American clown who performed with Cirque du Soleil and founded the Clown Conservatory at the San Francisco Circus Center...

Teacher Stage American Contemporary

7.3 Good

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Michael Trautman

Physical theatre practitioner and mime artist; specific biographical and career details are not reliably documented in w...

Stage American Contemporary Clown

7.1 Good

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Frank Olivier

American circus performer and mime, a principal artist with San Francisco's Pickle Family Circus, noted for combining ju...

Stage American Contemporary Solo

7.1 Good

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Boris Hybner

Czech clown and mime artist known for witty solo performances and for his contributions to Czech new circus and physical...

Stage Contemporary International Czech

7.0 Good