The 2010 Lecture schedule at the Denny &
Lee Magic Studio
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FRIDAY, JULY 23, 8:00PM
LUKE
DANCY LECTURE
ADMISSION-$20.00
Wrapping up his third season of Criss Angel-Mindfreak as
senior magic consultant Luke Dancy hits the road to present an
evening of creative interaction and brainstorming. You only get
lectured at when you've done something wrong so forget about the
typical boring and proper lectures you have come to know. Let's
think of this as a session that Luke just so happens to be
leading.
Along the way you will learn NEW and UNPUBLISHED
material that ranges from effects with pencils, ice cubes, coins and
of course playing cards. You will also get an inside look at Luke's
creative process and how he applies it to his own magic, magic for
other magicians and on television. REAL PEOPLE do not care about
aces assembling or being twisted so get ready for some fresh NEW
closeup magic that you WILL use.
This tour presents the debut of
Luke's BRAND NEW DVD “Sin City” Most of the effects from the DVD
will be taught along with...
-VISIBLY sucking an ice cube up a
straw and into your mouth!
-Testing a spectator's intuition. This
is Luke's GO-TO effect that introduces the magic world to the LD
off-balance concept that destroys spectators.
-The
Ring...vanishes, transpositions and other madness with a NEW
principle in sleight of hand!
-Move monkey madness. After ten
years Luke FINALLY tips the Shadow Pass and two other utility moves
that the move monkey's are going to devour.
-Visibly manipulating
the writing on a borrowed coin. Closeup mischief that fools laymen
and magicians alike.
-And a whole lot more!
Show up to find
out what else Luke might have up his sleeve. See you
there!
MONDAY ,JULY 26th
8pm
JOSHUA JAY
ADMISSION $20.00
“This kid is going
places.”
-Lance Burton, International Star of
Magic
Twenty-eight-year-old Joshua Jay has been called
magic's Renaissance man by MAGIC Magazine. It's not hard to see why:
he is a performer, lecturer, author, and photographer of all things
mysterious.
He maintains a globetrotting performance schedule-Jay
has performed in over fifty countries and appears regularly on
national television (most recently on Good Morning America and the
Today Show).
His performance style is completely unique: he
performs with ordinary, borrowed objects, causing them to twist,
bend, appear, and vanish at will. At only seventeen years old Joshua
Jay was crowned world champion for close-up magic at the World Magic
Seminar, and he is now regarded as one of the leading creative
forces in the magic world.
But he's not just a performer…
In
2009 he penned a best-selling magic book, MAGIC: The Complete
Course, and had his fine-art photography exhibited in several
shows (appearing currently at the Culture Museum in Linz, Austria).
How does he do it?
The Secret is Right in Front of You
He
figured it out. His dad showed him a card trick when he was a child,
and after hours of experimenting in his room, Joshua figured it out.
His dad was a magic enthusiast and knew when to be impressed. His
reaction was simple: “You have the makings of a fine
magician.”
“I always tell people I didn't find magic. Magic found
me.”
- Joshua Jay
His dad was right. Since that day Joshua Jay
has made numerous television appearances in magic specials and on
programs like Good Morning America, CNN, and the TODAY Show. He has
been a headline performer and lecturer in over 50 countries and
routinely performs for distinguished politicians and major
celebrities. Jay is a headliner at the prestigious Magic Castle in
Hollywood and is the author of two best-selling books on magic (his
first is published in five languages and is now in its fourth US
printing). In 1998, he was crowned champion at the World Magic
Seminar. Most recently, he was named 2009 International Magician of
the Year by Primio Magia, the Latin American Council of
Magic.
Joshua is a monthly columnist for MAGIC, the world's
largest circulated magazine for magicians.
Joshua also acts as
magic consultant for several multi-national toy manufacturers (most
recently for Marvel Comics) and has helped design many of the magic
sets on toy store shelves.
Revealing Truth
“Joshua Jay is one
of America's finest young magicians.”
- Richard Kaufman, Editor
of Genii, The Conjurer's Magazine
“Good magic hides the trick,”
he says. “Great magic reveals some sort of truth. It's a form of
self-expression. I want my magic to be meaningful. I want people to
find more in it than deception. People should enjoy magic, of
course, but they should also feel connected to others through it.
Magic should cause people to reconsider what they think they know
and the way they perceive things.”
Joshua does plenty of things
that will make you reconsider what you think you know. His main
performance style is close-up. Coins, bottles, and borrowed
hundred-dollar bills, defying expectations in countless ways. But
his passion is cards. (“I'm up to two packs a day,” he says.) Not
your uncle's card tricks, mind you. These are head-turning,
jaw-dropping pieces of strange that have garnered Joshua
international renown as a card magician
extraordinaire.
Flexibility … right in front of you
From
corporate functions to private parties to VIP backstage events,
Joshua is performance-driven.
His track record of success
includes the production of his sell-out one-man show, “At Home on
Stage,” that brought the audience into his “bedroom” and took them
through a day in his magical life.
He is also an accomplished
photographer, and has infused magic into his work. Cheating moves,
card sleights, and magical methods become fine art is Jay's ongoing
photographic study. In 2009 his magic photography was included at
the annual European Capital of Culture Festival in Linz, Austria
(where he also performed at the inaugural event).
His
appreciation for mystery and psychological nuance have taken Joshua
on an already long journey in a still-young life, and left countless
audiences applauding in his wake.
“He's not trying to be this
cool mysterious stranger,” says veteran international award-winning
magician Gregory Wilson. “I've known him since he was a teenager and
I've performed with him on five continents. I'd like to be able to
say I've seen him progress, but he's been good from day one. He's
focused, unflappable and self-effacing, which is a very admirable
quality. Right away I knew there was something special about this
guy.”
Joshua's magic is up-close and personal-simple, clear and
undeniable. It happens when you're watching, no matter how close
you're watching. The secret is right in front of you.
The Secret
is Joshua Jay
-By JohnArmato
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