Par Joshua Jay.
Livre "grand public" en anglais sur l'approche de la magie. Bien
que ce livre soit surtout destiné aux débutants, les magiciens
aguerris y trouveront également quelques idées diaboliques !
Livré avec un DVD (en anglais).
Descriptif anglais :
Magic is everywhere, from the big spectacle celebrity of David Copperfield
and Siegfried and Roy to the quirky Penn and Teller to the spooky David Blaine
and Criss Angel to the endless material on YouTube. But until now, learning
it has never been easy-that's all about to change with Magic, a book that does
for close-up magic what How to Grill does for barbecue. Written by charismatic
young magician Joshua Jay, Magic combines expertise, photographs, step-by-step
directions showing how to perform 100 tricks, and a DVD that demonstrates 35
of them.
Joshua Jay took home the top prize at the World Magic Seminar (the Olympics
of magic) when he was just 16 years old. Ten years later, he continues to perform
magic, write about magic, eat, sleep, and breathe magic. Here, he brings all
his passion and knowledge to teaching magic. Each trick is broken down into
the Effect, the Secret, the Set-up, and, most important, the Performance, with
lessons on what to say, how to direct the audience's attention, where to keep
your hands, and so on. (In other words, how to be smart about the things your
audience is surprisingly clueless about.)
Here are the Ten Greatest Card Tricks; tricks to dazzle a dinner date; tricks
to perform for the boss (poke a hole through his shirt, then magically mend
it); tricks especially for kids; and even tricks for an audience in another
state-with "Australian Self-Help," you can find a participant's chosen card
over the phone. It's the Aha! book for a subject whose time has come.
Featuring :
How to Perform over 100 Amazing Effects
500 Full-Color How-To Photographs
Easy to Follow Instructions
The Ten Greatest Card Tricks of All Time
Conjuring for Kids
Five Ways to Take Your Act to the Next Level
About Joshua Jay
Joshua Jay was crowned champion at the World Magic Seminar in 1998, when he
was still a teenager, and today is one of America's finest young magicians.
He's performed and lectured in over 50 countries, is a headliner at the Magic
Castle in Hollywood, and writes a monthly column in MAGIC, the leading magazine
for magicians. He lives in New York City.
"Finally a book that brings the art
of magic into the 21st century !"
- Rick Merrill , 2006 World Champion of Magic
"Every 10 or 20 years a book comes
along that introduces a whole new generation to the art and craft of magic.
This is it! "
- Stan Allen , Editor of Magic Magazine
"An exquisite and vast introduction
to the world of magic ."
- Jason Alexander , Actor and Magician
Pages 278 - Softbound, Photo-Illustrated.