- David Dimitri
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David Dimitri (born March 7, 1963) is an internationally acclaimed tightrope acrobat who has been praised for his unique style.[1]
Combining an education at the State Academy for Circus Arts in Budapest with intensive dance studies at New York’s renowned Juilliard School, David Dimitri has created virtuoso wire dances celebrated at circuses, arts festivals, and concert halls throughout the world – Canada’s Cirque du Soleil, New York’s Big Apple Circus,[2][3] Switzerland's Circus Knie, and the Metropolitan Opera under the direction of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle.
In 2001, Dimitri’s performing career took on an added dimension. With the assistance of his father, the famed clown and mime Dimitri, he created the one-man show “L’Homme Cirque,” a presentation of nouveau cirque arts performed in a touring circus tent designed and built for the production.
David Dimitri has been a guest artist at such festivals as Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina; the Lincoln Center Festival New York; Juste pour rire, Jeux de piste, Strasbourg, and the Avignon Festival. He also performed on Broadway, at the New Victory Theater. He christened the new Commerzbank-Arena[4] in Frankfurt with a crossing in 2005.
References
- ^ Lawrence Van Gelder (2000-07-13). "Lincoln Center Festival Review; A One-Ring Circus That Breathes Fellini". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03E7DA1E38F930A25754C0A9669C8B63&sec=&spon=.
- ^ Christopher Bollen (2006-01-08). "The Two-Ring Circus". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/08/magazine/08weddings_calder.html?_r=1&oref=slogin.
- ^ Lawrence Van Gelder (1997-10-29). "Daffiness and Daring In Every Last Ring". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9806E5DE1231F93AA15753C1A961958260.
- ^ "Swiss high wire artist". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2005-06-15. http://www.smh.com.au/ftimages/2005/06/16/1118869034569.html.
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Categories:- Living people
- Tightrope walkers
- 1963 births
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