clown research project

Clown research project

Dimitri Jakob muller was born in Ascona, Switzerland on September 18,1935. He wanted to be a clown at age seven after watching a clown performance by clown Andeff. His parents didn’t know how to help him when they found out he wanted to do clowning. They eventually signed him up for dance classes, acrobatics, acting, and gymnastics. He studied in Paris with Etienne Decroux and met Marcel Marceau. He was told that if he works at it really hard he could be a good mime. He married his childhood sweetheart Guanda in 1961, and has four children. In the early 1960’s he was performing in leading Paris theaters. In 1969, he was invited to swiss circus Knie. His style is solo and involves little to no props and no scenery.  In 1975, he established a school called scuola teatro Demitri.

He was inducted to the international clown hall of fame in 1995. He was an author, songwriter, and operated a theater company with his spouse. To be a successful mime one would have to play some instruments, good at clowning, good with timing, and do difficult tricks such as shooting and catching balls in your mouth.  He has always made people laugh he told an interviewer in 2012. He died at age 80 he passed on July 19,2016 In Borgnone, Ticino.

Dimitri the Clown; Mime artist and circus clown who trained with Marcel Marceau and became a Unicef ambassador." Daily Telegraph [London, England], 26 July 2016, p. 25. Infotrac Newsstand, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=STND&sw=w&u=auraria_main&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA459224830&sid=summon&asid=244aa22b3f8311ca34b959942903e852. Accessed 4 Apr. 2017.

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