Juri Höhne

Date of birth: March 22, 2005

I want to make people smile! This has always been my answer to the question of what I wanted to do when I grew up. I first discovered this passion during a clowning workshop at the Tasifan children's and youth circus in my hometown of Weimar. I discovered the stage as a safe space: a world where I could be whoever I wanted and where things I'd only dreamed of could happen. It may sound a little corny, but maybe it really is a world of dreams.

I spent five years dedicated to clowning, then gradually explored other circus disciplines such as balancing, acrobatics, aerial arts, and juggling. My passion for expressing myself through movement grew around the age of fourteen, when I started dancing hip hop with the WE-Dance association in Weimar. In 2024, I also took a course in jazz, musical theater, and stage dance.

Through Stellwerk , a youth theatre association in Weimar, and the improvisational theatre group Öde und Schriller Newcomer , I discovered an even deeper passion for theatre.

After graduating high school, I volunteered for a year at the Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen workshop, known as MiR.LAB . I had the opportunity to perform in three different productions, further developing my acting style. One of these combined dance and theater, and I could consider it my first experience with Physical Theater .

I am currently studying Physical Theatre at the Accademia Teatro Dimitri , where I combine all these passions to learn how to professionally transport the audience to other worlds.

Today, if someone asks me what I want to do when I grow up, my answer is: I want to touch people deeply.