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Month: April 2014

What were you thinking!..

What were you thinking!..

By Amy Fernandes for DNA..

Meet mentalist Nicolai Friedrich, one among the new breed of magicians who shuns elaborate props and tricks of old, instead harnessing the mind to enthrall and entertain. Amy Fernandes comes away in two minds

He has no rabbits, doesn’t cut women in half, or chain them in boxes only to have them emerge free. Nicolai Friedrich is amongst the new breed that vociferously claim they are not magicians, but mentalists who work with the mind. Your mind!

Like other mentalists, he’s young, chic, dresses casually in jeans and tees, holds stage performances, is funny and witty. And when you meet him, he doesn’t produce a rose from thin air; instead, he presents you with your date of birth, your home address or your grandmother’s name, as he did at the Nicolai Friedrich show held at Mumbai’s Hotel Sofitel.

The German illusionist knows how to play with your imagination and gets you to think what he wants…

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Science Behind Illusion, It’s More Than Sleight-of-Hand..

Science Behind Illusion, It’s More Than Sleight-of-Hand..

By Tara Macisaac for the Epoch Times..

WASHINGTON—You’re more easily distracted than you think.

At the annual USA Science & Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, self-described deception specialist Apollo Robbins revealed how he manipulates weaknesses in human perception. He can also control people’s minds—using insights into the human psyche…

Read more: http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/646441-science-behind-illusion-its-more-than-sleight-of-hand/?photo=2#ixzz30FW2NKi2 

Blaine’s magic hands captivate Alumni Arena..

Blaine’s magic hands captivate Alumni Arena..

By  Joe Konze Jr..Special to The Spectrum..

On a dark stage, stood a brightly lit tank full of colorful fish and a man dressed in all black.

For 10 minutes, the man in black held his breath as he managed to make an eel come out of his mouth, juggle three steel balls, eat a banana and smoke a cigar, before taking a selfie with a lucky UBstudent.

The scene? Captivating. The man? David Blaine.

Blaine concluded the 27th annual Distinguished Speakers Series in front of a packed Alumni Arena Saturday night. The world-renown magician and endurance artist told stories of his life through small anecdotes and magic tricks intrigued the audience for the entire performance.

It was the first time Blaine performed this stunt in front of an audience..

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Derren Brown interview: ‘Maybe I was an eccentric. Part of it was me not dealing with my sexuality’..

Derren Brown interview: ‘Maybe I was an eccentric. Part of it was me not dealing with my sexuality’..

Chris Blackhurst Interviews for the Independent..

At the beginning of Derren Brown’s latest stage show, Infamous, the illusionist declares he’s gay, or as he puts it, “I’m a puff”.

When I saw him in Bristol last week, he quickly moved on to what the audience had come to see. But there were other slightly jarring moments – like when he made a stinging attack on homeopathy, saying baldly that it did not work, and when he alluded to being taunted at school because he was nerdy and not interested in girls.

I’d like to describe his performance, trick by trick, but he’s pleaded with me, as he does with his audience, not to do so for fear of spoiling the surprise for others. Suffice to say, the climax  is spectacular…

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