Alexandra Schauwienold: From the life of a clinic clown: "Sometimes you sit in the ward and cry"

It's been ten years since I went to the casting that changed my life.

Alexandra Schauwienold: From the life of a clinic clown: "Sometimes you sit in the ward and cry"

It's been ten years since I went to the casting that changed my life. Since then there has not only been Alexandra, but also DoraFlora.

Many still believe that we hospital clowns stick our noses up and then just dance around silly. Our work has nothing to do with that. Our work is highly sensitive. We are dealing with people who are sick, who may be in pain. Children who are afraid or seniors who suffer from dementia. Patients who are only in the hospital for a short time, others who will die there.

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