What makes someone an entertainer?
By Seth Grabel, Contributing writer Las Vegas Woman magazine and Las Vegas Informer
Are you an entertainer? Why do you believe you’re an entertainer? Are you enjoyable to watch? Entertainers need a competitive edge that brings the audience to a mesmerized state of mind. In my mind the audience is your client and an entertainer’s job is to make the audience happy. I have experienced countless shows that not only bore the audience, but outright offend their taste in entertainment. A genuinely talented entertainer mentally removes the audience from their everyday lives and gives them a pleasurable experience.
The work never stops as a magical entertainer. It’s important to constantly create new and unique magic effects. Countless hours are spent in front of a mirror to make sure all angles are covered. When I perform, all is forgotten and I go with my natural instinct. If I practice enough my tendencies become the performance. It’s more important to focus on the audience than to be caught up in the trick. Lee Grabel, a famous magician whose signature piece is the floating piano, said, “The main thing above all else is your interaction with the audience.”