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RAFAEL BENATAR'S ELEGANT CARD MAGIC
Rafael Benatar is a Venezuelan working professional magician who lives in Spain and is one of the most active members of the world-renowned Escuela Mágica de Madrid. His classy and elegant magic is explained with such clarity and attention to detail that these DVDs are guaranteed to raise your magic to a new level.
Routines performed and explained
Hot Transposition: Two cards continually change places under seemingly impossible conditions.
Karate: Using a karate chop a six is split into two threes and a ten into two fives.
Photomat: A repeat signed card to pocket routine with a finale where the signature is visually removed.
A Card And A Number: A three-phase routine where a selected card appears at a position in the deck named by a spectator.
Relative Interchange (Max Maven): Four indifferent cards change places with the Ace through Four of Spades, one card at a time.
The Venezuelan Tunnel: A selected card turns face-up as it is pushed through the deck.
Kangaroo People: Explaining that magicians descend from Kangaroos a card is placed in an invisible pouch in your palm and then removed.
Devilishly Invisible: Rafael's trademark routine in which spectators are taught how to see an invisible card.
Also on this DVD are detailed explanations of some sleights by Ascanio such as The Rubbed Laydown, The Scattered Laydown, The Stand Up Rubbed Ascanio Spread and some of Rafael’s subtleties like The Faro Split, Acoustic Backtracking, The Pendular Laydown and more.
Running time: Approximately 90 minutes.
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ITEM # DVD0894 PRICE $35.00
RAFAEL BENATAR'S MORE ELEGANT CARD MAGIC
Rafael Benatar performs and explains more of the elegant card routines that he uses to earn a living with as he appears at parties, tradeshows and nightclubs all over Europe, South America and the United States. In addition to the excellent card magic the DVD includes a section on advanced double-card handling techniques where you will learn how to flawlessly handle, show, replace and table double-cards.
Routines performed and explained
The Clark Kent Card Change: An indifferent card visually changes into the spectator's selected card as you blow on it.
69: A six turns into a selected nine while in full view. The selected card is then shown to be a joker.
Neither & Also: Two selected cards are found in an offbeat and visual manner.
A Perfect 10: Two cards are produced as the selection but are wrong. When the pips of the two cards are added they total the selection's value. The two cards visually melt into the selection.
The Rhythm Twins: A new handling for Brother John Hamman's classic plot about twin Kings who married twin Queens.
The Unambitious Magician: A parody geared toward magicians where obvious sleights are used to cancel each other.
Countdown: A startling assembly where Kings vanish from their packets one at a time and appear in a leader packet. As a surprise finale all four Kings appear in an unexpected place.
Right Between The Eyes: A card routine for the stage in which you ascertain the name of a selected card by reading the hand of a lady who picked it and then quickly pull it out of the shuffled deck from the pocket of a gentleman. Then, to everyone's astonishment, the gentleman performs the trick himself without knowing how.
Professional Oil and Water Routine: Ascanio’s Oil and Water smoothly blended with Roy Walton’s Oil and Queens to form a very strong three-phase routine.
Double-Card Handling Techniques: Rafael Benatar is a master of double card handling and he spends some time explaining all the fine points of natural double turnovers as well as how to handle, replace and table double cards.
Techniques include: Slippery Double Turnover, Slippery Drop, Pivoting Double, Double Replacements, Tamariz Boomerang Replacement, Reinhard Muller's Nail Replacement and more.
Running time: Approximately 105 minutes.
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ITEM # DVD0895 PRICE $35.00
RAFAEL BENATAR'S ELEGANT CUPS & BALLS
Rafael Benatar's Cups & Balls routine has long been a feature of his act. It is considered one of the most elegant, direct and practical of all Cups & Balls routines.
On this DVD you will learn everything you need to know to perform Rafael's prized routine. Throughout the detailed explanations of the techniques Rafael leads you through very important concepts regarding timing, misdirection and handling that you can readily apply to all of your magic.
As a special bonus, Rafael performs his new eCups presentation that features a captivating e-mail premise. Along the way he shares insight into how to customize the Cups & Balls for tradeshows and to integrate a company's message.
Running time: Approximately 70 minutes.
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ITEM # DVD0896 PRICE $35.00
HATS, RABBITS AND SWORDS! by DAVID GINN
What started out as a lecture became a complete "library show" performance, followed by an explanation of how's and why's. Then came the show after the show, with an illusion seldom seen at any magic convention. Also a hat production to top them all during this David Ginn night to remember filled with Hats, Rabbits, and Swords!
Assisted by Brenda and Marty Hahne, David starts the evening by discussing two magic principles, featuring the Red Big Hand and Middle Diddle Silk. Next comes a 45-minute performance of David's MAD Reading Show, which includes Bookworm Warm-up, Cheat Blendo, Cane-Can, Rocco D’lites, Steve Taylor's Airhead Rudy, the Mindreading Duck, Monster Hat Origami, Big Book Bag, the Book Cover Revealed, and the No Snake Box running gag.
Centerpiece of the show is David's Big Black Magic Hat routine, published in Crash Course on Kidshows but never on video, plus his new Bunny Hat addition, making a cute girl volunteer into the hero.
After the show David spends 20 minutes explaining the tricks and his thinking. Then the bonus-a live performance of Sherm's NOMA, the Woman of 1000 Lives, which David calls simply "the Sword Box," and following that, the Out of a Magic Hat Encore, a huge production with a big surprise ending.
David Ginn has written 75 books, tapes, and DVDs on entertaining children and family audiences. He now lives in Loganville GA with his wife of 36 years, Lynne. They have one daughter, Autumn, who happily teaches elementary school music nearby. Now in his 35th year of doing over 300 shows yearly, David continues to write and lecture to magic and clown groups worldwide.
Running Time 100 minutes
ITEM # DVD0890 PRICE $35.00
Originally filmed in 1999, this recording quickly became one of the best-selling videos of the year. Jay works the camera, lighting, sound and the playing cards as he presents an extremely original collection of 25 EFFECTS! Truly cool close-up routines with sugar packets, rubber bands, coins, keys, eggs, playing cards, matchboxes, dice and even shoelaces!
And as if that wasn't enough to make your fingers itch, this very special re-release on DVD also features FOUR BONUS EFFECTS with coins, cards, matches and drinking straws!
Running Time: 105 Minutes
ITEM # DVD0908 PRICE $30.00
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