@RealityOne
I actually had the chance to meet Dani Daortiz in person in his workshop in Estepona, Spain.. he is a great guy and do awesome card magic.. one of the best I have seen... while I agree that in mexico is a poor imitation, I still feel the core principles are there... like sometimes very monotonous and boring... Dani Daortiz can give a great presentation and a good show... but as for the rest of the magicians I saw there in spain (even some students) were boring AF... same here in Mexico..
Maybe it´s just me and I prefer other kinds of magic and presentations... and as for the mat... yeah, I agree that they want to look special, but they came across as arrogant... while also being extremely impractical...
Hi Luis, magic is supposed to give joy, happiness and pleasure. Your comments seem to be out of place from the perspective of your words "...coming across as arrogant, boring AF" it does seem that you are evaluating this from a higher and over the shoulder position but that´s ok, is ok to differ, is ok not to like the style. But the worst part of your comments isn´t that, is that upon reading them as a Spanish magician, is not making you look great.
I am Dani DaOrtiz´s student, part of the first "Generation DaOrtiz 2020" alumni and there is so much into this way of understanding the magic that it can´t be resumed or dispatched with a couple of sentences. All I suggest is read the work, study that to form an opinion otherwise it only proofs the lack of knowledge on the matter.
Another one of my masters is Juan Tamariz, Lennart Green, Gabi Pareras (RIP) and a few others. Is hard to understand what the Spanish School of Magic is without having grown up in Spain. Where there is a lot of magic to be seen, shows everywhere, even magic on tv for decades in a row thanks to Tamariz´s work in tv, the vibrant magic community there where no matter what city you are in you can always go to the local magic club and meet new people and always be welcomed, the Magialdia in the Basque Country where I'm originally from, the Congreso Nacional (national magic convention), the Jornadas del Escorial (Wrongly mistaken as the Spanish School of Magic) Memorial de Ascanio, Jornadas Gamberras, and so many more things.
Thant environment, in a culture of sharing knowledge, not like other countries I lived in where it wasn´t the case, has fostered the creation of the DaOrtiz´s, Aragon´s, Tamariz´s, Gea, Piedrahita, Benitez, Blas and so many more Great Swords in magic.
I lived in London for quite a few years and I´ve been to the Magic Circle and even though I made very close friends
there, it isn´t anything compared to what it is in Spain but I had a lot of fun and learned a lot.
I now live in Canada, and what I thought about the magic in Northamerica (USA-CANADA-MEXICO) was like, had nothing to do with the reality of it. Magic is almost non-existent. The level of intestinal wars between clubs is abhorrent to watch, and the magic level quality is beyond poor. Ego fights everywhere, pissing competition to who has the most amount of cheap shows a year, etc etc.
I don´t know what it is, but I can tell you that at least the Spanish Magic School is none of that.
It is always very interesting to hear though what foreigners think the Spanish Magic School