swap_horiz Jean Dorcy Alternatives

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Etienne Decroux

Étienne Decroux was a pivotal figure in 20th-century theatre. He pioneered corporeal mime, emphasizing the actor’s physi...

Teacher Classic Stage French

9.3 Excellent

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Jacques Lecoq

Jacques Lecoq developed a unique approach to acting rooted in physical theatre and movement. His intensive training meth...

Teacher Classic Stage French

9.2 Excellent

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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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Corinne Soum

Corinne Soum is a French mime artist deeply rooted in the tradition of corporeal mime. She represents a direct lineage f...

Teacher French Corporeal Angefou

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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Moni Yakim

Moni Yakim is an Israeli-American mime and movement director who served for several decades as head of movement at the J...

Classical Teacher American 20TH Century

8.1 Great

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Ella Jaroszewicz

Polish mime artist and performer who contributed to the physical theatre and mime movement in Poland during the late 20t...

Teacher Stage French Magenia

8.0 Great

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Carlo Mazzone-Clementi

Carlo Mazzone-Clementi (1920–2000) was an Italian-American mime and pedagogue who co-founded the Dell'Arte School of Phy...

Teacher Stage 20TH Century Italian American

8.0 Great

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Séverin (Fernand Séverin-Marx)

Séverin, born Fernand Séverin-Marx, was a late 19th-century French mime celebrated for his refined and melancholic inter...

Classical Stage French 19TH Century

7.7 Good

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Yves Joly

Yves Joly (1923–2010) was a French mime and theater artist renowned for his distinctive hand mime performances, animatin...

Stage French Solo 20TH Century

7.6 Good

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Monika Pagneux

Monika Pagneux is a French physical theater teacher and collaborator of both Peter Brook and Jacques Lecoq, whose moveme...

Teacher French Contemporary Movement

7.6 Good

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Ctibor Turba

Czech mime artist and director, a student of Ladislav Fialka, who became a prominent figure in Czech physical theatre an...

Classical Teacher Stage Contemporary

7.5 Good

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Yves Lebreton

Yves Lebreton is a French corporeal mime artist and teacher trained directly by Étienne Decroux, known internationally f...

Teacher Stage French Contemporary

7.4 Good

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Bari Rolfe

Bari Rolfe was an American dancer, mime, and educator who taught at UCLA and edited Mimes on Miming, a major 1980 anthol...

Modern Teacher American Author

7.3 Good

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Pinok (Michèle Prélonge)

French mime who formed the celebrated duo Pinok et Matho with Mathilde Dumont after both trained under Marcel Marceau in...

Classical Stage 20TH Century Duo

7.2 Good

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Matho (Mathilde Dumont)

French mime who, partnered with Michèle Prélonge as the duo Pinok et Matho, created internationally toured pantomime wor...

Classical Stage 20TH Century Duo

7.2 Good

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Maximilien Decroux

Maximilien Decroux was a French mime performer and son of corporeal mime founder Étienne Decroux, who participated in an...

Stage French 20TH Century Corporeal

7.1 Good

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Claude Kipnis

French-American mime who founded the Kipnis Theatre and authored 'The Mime Book' (1974), helping formalize mime pedagogy...

Classical Teacher Stage American

7.0 Good

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Paul J. Curtis

American mime who founded the American Mime Theatre in New York City in 1952, developing a codified, non-Marceau approac...

Classical Teacher American 20TH Century

6.7 Fair

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Paul Gaulin

Canadian mime artist and teacher associated with Quebec's physical theater tradition, trained in France and active in sh...

Classical Teacher Stage Contemporary

6.6 Fair