Flurina Birri

Two black eyes with raised eyebrows, a blurry red head, a green hat, a thick red mouth, and a red nose in the middle: as a child, I went to carnival with this laughing face painted on. Perhaps it was this clown face drawn at carnival, the joy of movement in mother-child gymnastics, or the clown nose given to me at a funeral that drew me to the circus. As a child, I loved the Monti Circus shows and was fascinated by the performers and their body language. Throughout my childhood, this enthusiasm led me to gymnastics on various apparatus and ropes and to explore the world of music. This exploration and curiosity to discover new things continued throughout my life. After high school, I became intensely immersed in the world of clowns and, in addition to studying at the University of Lucerne to become a high school teacher, I completed my training as a hospital clown at the Tamala Clown Academy in Konstanz. Thanks to this experience, working with body language completely captured my heart. That's how my path led me to the Dimitri Academy. I can't wait to discover the world and depth of expression at the Dimitri Academy, and I'm excited to see where my path—perhaps with real, painted-on angular eyebrows, a red blurry head, a green hat, a thick mouth, and a red nose—will take me across the world.