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Olli Hauenstein - the famous swiss artist is first- prize-winner at the “Clown Planet International” in Riga and the “Clown Festival” in Copenhagen, studied in Roma with Roy Bosier (pantomime) and in Budapest at the National Theatre- and Circus-Academy of Hungary Athens 04 Olympic Festival (acting, pantomime, , music, dance) and at the National Puppet Theatre of Budapest. He initiated his career as a comedian and clown toge- ther with his partner Illi Holiday as the duo “Illi & Olli” > www.illi.info . They soon were internationally noted and acted also at the Swiss National Circus “Knie” and the German Circus “Roncalli”. Since 1991 Olli Hauenstein presents his one-man shows “Piano & Forte” and “fool- position”. He plays them worldwide at international the- atre festivals and his tours go through Europe, from Riga to Palermo, from Vienna to Barcelona. He worked with ”Piano & Forte” for Cirque du Soleil in Montreal and at the EXPO09 in Zaragoza. He is comedian, actor, teacher and director. To his ar- Cirque du SOLEIL CA tistic work belong also show-directing, teaching theatre classes and business seminars, as well special shows for events and happenings. Extraordinary are his un- conventional theatre-creations with mentally handicap- ped actors: www.comedyexpress.ch He lives as a freelance artist with his family in the Swiss pleasant village Sommeri.

www.clown.ch cirque-théâtre OLLI HAUENSTEIN • CH-8580 SOMMERI Suisse EXPO 09 Zaragoza E tel. +41 (0)71 411 60 65 • [email protected] • www.clown.ch