swap_horiz Slava Polunin Alternatives

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Oleg Popov

Soviet and Russian circus clown (1930–2016) known as "The Sunshine Clown," a celebrated performer of the Moscow State Ci...

Russian Classic Circus Clown

9.1 Excellent

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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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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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Paolo Nani

Paolo Nani is an Italian mime and physical theater performer internationally recognized for his one-man show The Letter,...

Italian Stage Danish Visual

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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Avner Eisenberg

American physical comedian known as "Avner the Eccentric," celebrated for his internationally touring solo show "Excepti...

Modern Stage American Clown

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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Nola Rae

Nola Rae is an Australian-born British mime and clown who co-founded the London International Mime Festival, first held...

Modern Stage Solo British

8.1 Great

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Bodecker Neander

Bodecker & Neander is a German mime duo—Bo Bodecker and Norbert Neander—rooted in the Étienne Decroux corporeal mime tra...

German Stage Visual Duo

8.1 Great

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Marta Carrasco

Marta Carrasco is a Spanish physical theater director and performer recognized for her visually distinctive productions...

Stage Spanish Visual Solo

8.1 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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Teatro Corsario

Teatro Corsario is a Spanish physical theater company founded in Valladolid in 1980 by Fernando Urdiales, known for bold...

Stage Spanish Visual Theatre

8.0 Great

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Blackskywhite

Blackskywhite is a physical theater company known for visually striking productions combining mime, movement, and theatr...

Russian Stage Visual Physical

7.9 Good

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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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Teatr Novogo Fronta

Teatr Novogo Fronta is a Russian theater company whose name translates as Theater of the New Front, associated with avan...

Stage Visual Czech Physical

7.8 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