Magic as a Performing Art
Author: Robert Gill
Publisher: London ; New York : Bowker
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 284
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Robert Gill
Publisher: London ; New York : Bowker
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 284
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: L. Hass
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2008-12-08
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 0230617123
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Performing Magic on the Western Stage examines magic as a performing art and as a meaningful social practice, linking magic to cultural arenas such as religion, finance, gender, and nationality and profiling magicians from Robert-Houdin to Pen& Teller.
Author: Henning Nelms
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-04-30
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 0486136787
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Highly instructive book by a noted authority on the subject analyzes every phase of conjuring, from sleights, devices, misdirection, and controlling audience attention to incorporating patter and the effective use of assistants.
Author: Juan Tamariz
Publisher:
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 612
ISBN-13: 9780945296904
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Joshua Jay
Publisher: Hachette UK
Published: 2021-09-28
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 1523510919
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Professional magician Joshua Jay's (author of Magic: The Complete Course) brief and fascinating essays offer an inside look at how the very best magicians think about magic, how they practice and put together a show, what inspires them, and the psychology behind creating wonder and being tricked when we expect both, as well as why we seek magic in the first place.
Author: Nate Staniforth
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2018-01-16
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 1632864266
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An extraordinary memoir about finding wonder in everyday life, from magician Nate Staniforth. Nate Staniforth has spent most of his life and all of his professional career trying to understand wonder--what it is, where to find it, and how to share it with others. He became a magician because he learned at a young age that magic tricks don't have to be frivolous. Magic doesn't have to be about sequins and smoke machines--rather, it can create a moment of genuine astonishment. But after years on the road as a professional magician, crisscrossing the country and performing four or five nights a week, every week, Nate was disillusioned, burned out, and ready to quit. Instead, he went to India in search of magic. Here Is Real Magic follows Nate Staniforth's evolution from an obsessed young magician to a broken wanderer and back again. It tells the story of his rediscovery of astonishment--and the importance of wonder in everyday life--during his trip to the slums of India, where he infiltrated a three-thousand-year-old clan of street magicians. Here Is Real Magic is a call to all of us--to welcome awe back into our lives, to marvel in the everyday, and to seek magic all around us.
Author: Michael Mangan
Publisher: Intellect Books
Published: 2007-08-01
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 184150985X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Magic and conjuring inhabit the boundaries and the borderlands of performance. The conjuror’s act of demonstrating the apparently impossible, the uncanny, the marvellous, or the grotesque challenges the spectator’s sense of reality. It brings him or her up against their own assumptions about how the world works; at its most extreme, it asks the spectator to re-evaluate his or her sense of the limits of the human. Performing Dark Arts is an exploration of the paradox of the conjuror, the actor who pretends to be a magician. It aims to illuminate the history of conjuring by examining it in the context of performance studies, and to throw light on aspects of performance studies by testing them against the art of conjuring. The book examines not only the performances of individual magicians from Dedi to David Blaine, but also the broader cultural contexts in which their performances were received, and the meanings which they have attracted.
Author: Tommy Wonder
Publisher:
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780945296171
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Nicholas Einhorn
Publisher: Southwater
Published: 2011-08
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781780190563
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Magic is an age-old art form, which has the power to amaze and amuse both children and adults alike. This fully illustrated book includes over 120 amazing magic tricks to be used on a variety of different occasions. It offers simple tricks as well as some designed for the more advanced practitioner. History of Mystery: the book opens with an introduction to the most important events and names in magic's rich history, including comedy and close-up magicians, illusionists and television magicians. Card Magic: the scope for performing tricks with cards is enormous. This chapter explains how to grip, shuffle and control cards, how to force cards, do self-working tricks and peform advanced card flourishes. Dinner Table Magic: items found on the dinner table can be used to entertain and amaze your guests. The tricks in this chapter focus on glasses, napkins, cutlery, straws, cups and sugar cubes. Match Magic: the shape and size of matches make them ideal for creating optical illusions and simple magic tricks. With a box of matches in your pocket, you can perform an entire magic show. String, Cord and Rope Magic: the cut and restored rope effect is a staple of the magician's repertoire. This chapter shows how to do this and other illusions such as making a knot disappear at will. Mind Magic: your audiences will believe that you have psychic powers with the routines in this chapter. There are many ways of creating the impression of mind-reading and thought transference. Silk, Thimble and Paper Magic: tricks using handkerchiefs and small objects have always been popular. This chapter shows how to do a variety of sleights of hand with these everyday props. Money Magic: everyone enjoys watching money appear out of thin air! Once you have learnt basic techniques such as palming and vanishing, there are many tricks to perform with both coins and banknotes. This book reveals the secrets of a wide range of tricks, and explains how to achieve a polished performance, with tips and advice on planning patter, rehearsing, and creating your own performance style. Step-by-step instructions with over 1000 photographs make it an indispensable guide for anyone seeking to master this fascinating art.
Author: Michael David Bailey
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781138809611
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A magical world -- The meanings of magic -- Magical acts -- Magic contested and condemned -- Magical identities -- The reality of magic -- Magic in the modern world.