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Description

Complete Discussion of Audience Appeals and Fundamentals of Showmanship and Presentation

In 199 hardbound pages, Showmanship for Magicians takes up the subject of presenting of magic to gain the greatest audience response, including a detailed analysis of spectator appeals and how to incorporate them into the presentation of magic. Step by step, you will learn how to create a favorable reception through choice of material, style of performance, character of work, timing, pointing, pacing, building up to climaxes, emphasis, routining, arrangement of material, and in many other ways. This is the classic tome of stage craft written by a showman ahead of his time.

Some of the subjects covered in the 25 important chapters are:

Music
Rhythm
Youth
Sex Appeal
Personality
Selling Yourself
Color
Harmony
Sentiment
Romance
Surprise
Unity
Character
Situation
Costuming
Grooming
Make-Up
Personal Behavior
Confidence
Rehearsal
Physical Action
Group Coordination
Precise Attack
Economy
Brevity
Punch
Instinct
Grace
Effortless Skill
Music
Spectacle
Contrast
Comedy
Getting and Holding Attention
Types of Audiences
and more!

"When I read showmanship for Magicians, it was the first time I had read a book where someone said you have to take a trick and make it yours; you have to make it fit your personality. That was fantastic! My magic life changed with the reading of that book."
- Mike Caveney