Silent Manipulators in Conversation: Wonderfully Incorrect
So how do you create the sensation of magic? How do you get to that place on stage?
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Voices on hot topics in the magic world.
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Coffee with, Steve Cohen
How does Steve Cohen find all those gems in his show, Chamber Magic? What does he have to do to make his magic different?
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What’s the Deal With Hack Lines?
Are you the only one who could deliver that line? Avoid hack material by scripting magic that’s unique to your character.
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The Magician vs. The Effect
What is the relationship between the magician and the magic, and who’s responsible for whatever occurs?
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Eric Buss: Spring Snake Symphony
Just when is too far, too far? Well, Eric Buss shows us just what it means to carry a thing, all the way through, to the very, very end.
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Eclectica: Remembering Albert Goshman
A great magician appears at the perfect moment. Chris Power reflects when he first met the great magic legend.
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Sleightly Astonishing
Jim Hagy looks at how you think about magic when you watch others perform; and he takes a look at the friendship of Karl Germain and Paul Fleming.
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When Magic Shops Disappear
As Teller reflects on how the magic shops of his youth in Philadelphia, we can see how these magical spaces provided way more that just magic tricks.
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A Magician’s Secret Weapon
Maybe we can explore the truth, through the creation an illusion. But how are you telling your audiences that story?
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Silent Manipulators in Conversation: Words and Actions
How two silent manipulators handle the "conversation" with an audience through action and words.
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Inés: A Torn and Restored Origin Story
While performing her Torn and Restored Card, Inés recalls falling in love with magic instantly when she saw the trick as a child.
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Be a Magic Detective
Leaving clues for your future self in the tried, test, and true form: the notebook. As Krystyn Lambert says: "For 16-year-old me, keeping notebooks was easy. I was constantly scribbling down ideas, whether it was documenting a move I was working on or the premise of a joke."