David Dimitri

David Dimitri ( born March 7, 1963 as David Mueller in Zurich ) is a Swiss tightrope walker.

Life

David Dimitri comes from a family of artistes, his father is the Dimitri. He received at the Budapest Circus School and the Juilliard School in New York his training. 1970 Dimitri made ​​her first appearance in the Circus Knie. From 1981 to 1999 he worked in the Big Apple Circus in New York. In 1983 he participated in the Hollywood movie Annie (directed by John Huston ). In 1987, he joined the Metropolitan Opera New York with his rope dance performance in the opera Manon, under the direction of Jean -Pierre Ponnelle on. From 1988 to 1989 was followed by other performances at Circus Knie. In 1989 he was also artistic director of the Baraboo Circus Museum in Wisconsin. In 1992, the artist took a major role in Cirque du Soleil and designed the show Mystère with. Between 1993 and 1999 he worked as a consultant zirzensischer the Bayerischer Rundfunk. In 1998, he was promoting the Disney film The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Since 2000 he has his own solo program L' Homme Cirque. In 2005 he crossed on the high wire, the Frankfurt Football stadium as part of the Confederations Cup.

David Dimitri is married to journalist and television presenter Christine Maier, estranged and has a daughter and a son.