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Dario Fo

Dario Fo was a prominent Italian figure recognized as a mime artist, playwright, and director. His work gained internati...

Italian Theater 20TH Century Political

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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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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Bernie Schürch

Swiss mime and co-founder of Mummenschanz (1972) alongside Floriana Frassetto and Andres Bossard, known for wordless, ab...

Swiss Contemporary 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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Otto Griebling

German-American circus clown (1896–1972) renowned for his silent tramp character with Ringling Bros., regarded alongside...

Stage 20TH Century Legendary German American

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

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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

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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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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

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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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Karen Montanaro

Karen Montanaro is an American mime and dancer who toured with Tony Montanaro and co-wrote Mime Spoken Here, a 1995 perf...

Stage American Contemporary Solo

7.8 Good

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Philippe Genty

Philippe Genty is a French puppeteer and visual theater director whose company, active since the 1960s, is known for sur...

Stage French Contemporary Puppetry

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