What is Dimitri (clown)?
[[File:Clown Dimitri 2016.jpg|thumb|Dimitri in 2016]] '''Dimitri Jakob Muller''' (September 18, 1935 – July 19, 2016) was a [[Swiss people|Swiss]] [[clown]]. He was born in [[Ascona]], [[Switzerland]]. After graduating from school, Dimitri became an apprentice potter while studying music and theater. He went to Paris to study under [[Etienne Decroux]], then [[Marcel Marceau]]. In 1971, Dimitri and his wife Gunda, started their own theatre. In 1975, he founded the ''Scuola Teatro Dimitri'' in [[Verscio]]. In 1973, he was awarded the Grock prize, and appeared with New York's [[Big Apple Circus]]. He was inducted into the [[International Clown Hall of Fame]] in 1995. Dimitri died on July 19, 2016 in [[Borgnone]], [[Ticino]] at the age of 80.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cdt.ch/ticino/cantone/159727/e-morto-il-clown-dimitri.html|title=È morto il clown Dimitri|language=it-IT|access-date=2016-07-20|archive-date=2016-10-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006104346/http://www.cdt.ch/ticino/cantone/159727/e-morto-il-clown-dimitri.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dimitri}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Clowns]] [[Category:Swiss entertainers]] [[Category:Locarno District]] [[Category:People from Ticino]] {{bio-stub}}