When I perform, I usually display a certain set of mannerisms--I believe most magicians do. I tend to be very loose, to have smooth almost fluid movements. I speak with eccentric, yet subdued language. As such, I try to integrate moves--the pass, tenkai, throwing cards, flourishes, etc.--into my body language. It creates a more cohesive flow in the routine.
For instance, I might "nervously" rock back and forth as I get a break or obsessively straighten the cards for a pass. Because I do this naturally throughout the entire performance, no one ever suspects a thing. I pass myself off as a fidgety nervous fellow who would obsess over the uniformity of a pack of cards.
Alternatively, one might have a more explosive personality when they act, so a move like Shapeshifter would integrate well with their body language. Something like the throw vanish might come off as more profound when a certain type of person performs it, depending on what the audience expects from that performer.
I try and pick the tricks and moves involved in the tricks based on how I will be presenting myself to my audinece. If I'm going to do a rigid-person sort of routine, Interlaced Vanish or Dan and Dave-type flousihes might not look as good as something like a Crad-Through-Window or De'vo-esque Flourishes. I also select equipment based on this. There is a time to perform with Gaurdians and a time to perform with Ghosts.
A magic performance is like a jigsaw puzzle--everything must fit.
For the record, I like doing stuff with D&D flouishes better. I do kind of loose "Surf-Rider" performances, more than bam-thwok "Where is My Mind" material.
The Lively Ones and the Pixies, in case anybody was wondering.
For instance, I might "nervously" rock back and forth as I get a break or obsessively straighten the cards for a pass. Because I do this naturally throughout the entire performance, no one ever suspects a thing. I pass myself off as a fidgety nervous fellow who would obsess over the uniformity of a pack of cards.
Alternatively, one might have a more explosive personality when they act, so a move like Shapeshifter would integrate well with their body language. Something like the throw vanish might come off as more profound when a certain type of person performs it, depending on what the audience expects from that performer.
I try and pick the tricks and moves involved in the tricks based on how I will be presenting myself to my audinece. If I'm going to do a rigid-person sort of routine, Interlaced Vanish or Dan and Dave-type flousihes might not look as good as something like a Crad-Through-Window or De'vo-esque Flourishes. I also select equipment based on this. There is a time to perform with Gaurdians and a time to perform with Ghosts.
A magic performance is like a jigsaw puzzle--everything must fit.
For the record, I like doing stuff with D&D flouishes better. I do kind of loose "Surf-Rider" performances, more than bam-thwok "Where is My Mind" material.
The Lively Ones and the Pixies, in case anybody was wondering.
