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Dimitri – Swiss Clown, National and International Legend

Dimitri – Swiss Clown, National and International Legend

Dimitri is a Swiss and international legend. And you’ll be hard pressed to find anyone in Switzerland who hasn’t heard of him. Dimitri preferred performing solo in theatres with only a few props and no scenery. Besides Switzerland, he also performed in many other countries across the globe. In 1995, he was inducted into the International Clown Hall of Fame.

The Art of Physical Theatre

Naked dancing, ritual movement and raucous chanting! This Greek fertility ritual known as “the dithyrambos” enacted in the eighth or ninth century B.C. appears to have been the world’s first dance drama. These drunken physical orgies celebrating the birth of the wine god Dionysus marked the beginnings of what would later be visually organized into […]

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