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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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Teller

American magician (born 1948, legal name Raymond Joseph Teller) known as the perpetually silent half of Penn & Teller, a...

Stage American Silent Magic

8.9 Great

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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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Emmett Kelly

American circus clown (1898–1979) who created the iconic sad tramp character "Weary Willie," most closely identified wit...

Stage American 20TH Century Circus Clown

8.8 Great

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Harry Langdon

American silent film comedian (1884–1944) whose baby-faced innocent persona made him a major 1920s star, with key films...

Stage American 20TH Century Comedy

8.6 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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Tony Montanaro

Tony Montanaro was an American mime who founded Celebration Barn Theater in South Paris, Maine, in 1972 after studying w...

Modern Teacher Stage American

7.7 Good

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Thomas Leabhart

Thomas Leabhart is an American corporeal mime, Pomona College professor, and Mime Journal editor who studied with Étienn...

Modern Teacher Stage American

7.4 Good

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Adam Darius

Adam Darius was an American dancer and mime who premiered his expressive mime style in 1967 and performed in more than 8...

Modern Teacher Stage American

7.3 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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Kari Margolis

Kari Margolis is an American physical-theatre artist who co-founded Margolis Brown Adaptors Company in New York City in...

Modern Teacher Stage American

7.2 Good

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Robert Rivest

Canadian mime artist and teacher who contributed to the study and practice of corporeal mime and physical theatre in Can...

Teacher Stage American Solo

7.2 Good

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James Donlon

American mime artist and teacher who studied with Marcel Marceau and worked to promote mime as a distinct theatrical art...

Teacher Stage American Physical

7.2 Good

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Steven Wasson

Steven Wasson is an American corporeal mime artist who trained in the Decroux technique in Paris and has since performed...

Teacher Stage American Contemporary

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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Lorin Eric Salm

American mime artist and teacher associated with the corporeal mime tradition, contributing to mime education and perfor...

Teacher Stage American Marceau

6.9 Fair

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Ronlin Foreman

American mime and physical theatre performer long associated with the San Francisco Mime Troupe, later teaching physical...

Teacher Stage American Contemporary

6.9 Fair

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Bernard Kramer

American mime artist and educator who contributed to the study, teaching, and promotion of mime performance arts in the...

Teacher Stage American Contemporary

6.5 Fair

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Janet Carafa

American mime artist and choreographer who contributed to the integration of mime technique with dance and physical thea...

Teacher Stage American Contemporary

6.3 Fair