I have decided definietly to do cardistry on stage in front of my school. What flourishes should I perform? There will be a camcorder plugged in the projector to monitor what I am doing. Thanks
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Stage Flourishes
- Thread starter MagicLemonBird
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You just gonna go on stage performing flourishes? I think the audience would find it boring after a few minutes. Will you have magic to include too?
Know that I think of it, there should be magic but none of the tricks on t11 are really meant for the stage enviorment. Most are for street magic.
Its called learning good magic. Not just T11. Don't do flourishes on stage, you will be sorry.
-Michael
-Michael
Like I'm not sure what kind of magic to perform. Cards are too small for stage magic and my strongest area is cards. Do you think that I should perform THREAD?
Stage magic has died down in the last few years, you would be best off buying stage effects from another magic store as Theory11 isn't really magic for stage as you said. - So many variety of effects you can perform, you just have to look around. - With stage acts, it is more about making the magic happen, and making the magic last, or if you are going to have short sharp effects, you need many of them to link together.
Depends how you want to work it.
Depends how you want to work it.
Can you give me some stage magic websites? I'm curious what they use to perform magic? I've thought of backpalming before but the problem is that a whole stage crew is going to be behind me and we wouldn't want them to see that.
And for flourishing I'm not going to just do cuts, but things taught in the Encyclopedia of Playing Card Flourishes.
You seem to barely getting a grasp of magic judging by the way you post.
I for one dont think your ready to perform on a stage.
I for one dont think your ready to perform on a stage.
well, if there is a monitor as you say, cards could be viable. Also, Penn and Teller perform their cups and balls on a large stage with no problems at all. It is, in my opinion, all relative to what you really want to accomplish. You could put some flourishes in there, but I would recommend it to be more of a "wow, what was that just then?" moment, on an off-beat. You can adapt many things the you do close up for stage magic. You could turn a simple card force into a large crowd pleaser. You could have them write it out large on a note pad, and then divine it in some way (prediction, mind read... whatevah).
But then, don't take any advice I give on this subject too trustingly. I don't perform stage; although I hope to give it an attempt in the near future.
But then, don't take any advice I give on this subject too trustingly. I don't perform stage; although I hope to give it an attempt in the near future.
I don't preform on stage, but if you are thinking about card manipulation on stage, check out dan sperry's card manipulation 1-on-1's.
If you have the chance to use a projection screen, then you should use it to your advantage. You can do any close-up trick you want.
You seem to be only thinking about cards on stage? - Stage effects can be very expensive... Here are some UK magic websites which do sell stage products:
http://www.illusioncraft.co.uk/
http://www.internationalmagic.com/
http://www.alakazam.co.uk/
http://www.practical-magic.com/
http://www.davenportsmagic.co.uk/
Have a look around, maybe something you seem interested in. It seems like you are not ready though, and it seems you can just pull out a stage act from a bag. It really is not as easy as that.
I was a finalist of the Young Magician of the Year at the Magic Circle in 2003, and I had the chance to work with Roy Davenport and he mentored me all the way through. Roy Davenport is part of the family here:
http://www.davenportsmagic.co.uk/
And it can take years to have an extremely good stage act. First of all before you buy tricks, you need to ask yourself what style, character, what do you want to achieve?
http://www.illusioncraft.co.uk/
http://www.internationalmagic.com/
http://www.alakazam.co.uk/
http://www.practical-magic.com/
http://www.davenportsmagic.co.uk/
Have a look around, maybe something you seem interested in. It seems like you are not ready though, and it seems you can just pull out a stage act from a bag. It really is not as easy as that.
I was a finalist of the Young Magician of the Year at the Magic Circle in 2003, and I had the chance to work with Roy Davenport and he mentored me all the way through. Roy Davenport is part of the family here:
http://www.davenportsmagic.co.uk/
And it can take years to have an extremely good stage act. First of all before you buy tricks, you need to ask yourself what style, character, what do you want to achieve?
Also, I've heard that dan and dave's card magic isn't so well for live performances, what card magic is? Would you suggest Totally out of Control?
See,thats what I mean about you not being ready.
When is the show?
Steven is giving you good advice
Yeah. Thanks. I want to be a fusion of card magic between dan and dave and chris kenner. Both are very inspiring.
I should start off by saying I don't perform stage, never have, and don't intend to. Still thought I might as well post my thoughts.
When is the performance? I think that learning tricks for a performance is, frankly, not the best idea ever. You should stick to what you know and have practised, rather than trying to learn and polish something new for a performance.
Listen to the man. Both he and Steven give great advice.
I particularly like the idea in bold...
Try to make sure it flows, you don't want a disconnected routine...
Again I don't perform stage magic, just trying to help.
Best of luck!
Can you give me some stage magic websites? I'm curious what they use to perform magic? I've thought of backpalming before but the problem is that a whole stage crew is going to be behind me and we wouldn't want them to see that.
When is the performance? I think that learning tricks for a performance is, frankly, not the best idea ever. You should stick to what you know and have practised, rather than trying to learn and polish something new for a performance.
Listen to the man. Both he and Steven give great advice.
I particularly like the idea in bold...
Try to make sure it flows, you don't want a disconnected routine...
Again I don't perform stage magic, just trying to help.
Best of luck!
The performance is going to be the last gathering of the school auditorium so it should end with a bang. It is in the end of May.
