Description
Welcome to “The Classic Magic of Michael Vincent Volume 3 – Elegant Deceptions”
This new release from Alakazam Magic showcases Michael Vincent at his very best, as a performance driven artist. In studying this video, it is our hope that you will feel the passion, drive and enthusiasm that Michael brings to every performance. The values that Michael holds dear are rooted in a commitment to technical and artistic excellence and a desire to provide his audience with that rare thrill of pure astonishment.
In continuing this series, Michael has deliberately taken the approach of communicating to you as his personal students with advanced skill and artistic delivery.
Table of Contents
Video One:
– Opening Discussion with Chris Harding
– Live Parlor Show Featuring:
- The Symphony of the Rings
- The Rubber Band Trick
- The Hanging Coins
- The Bill Switch Routine
- The Card up The Sleeve
- The Ultimate Travelers
- The Ladies Looking Glass
These routines are a performance section with discussion & references to methods and resources later in the video
– Close-up Show in the Bar-Part One (With full Explanations)
- The Ultra Clean Transposition
- All Hands on Deck
VideoTwo:
– Close-up Performance in the Bar-Part Two
- 4Play with Foursome
- The Vegas Hustle
- Aces for Experts
- Back To the future
– Bonus Performance
- The Many Faces of a Woman -Performance Only
Video Three:
Borrowed Deck Conversation With Chris Harding.
The routines featured are:
- Reading “Tells” – An idea inspired by Juan Tamariz with special thanks to Darwin Ortiz.
- Asthmatic Card Control – Michael’s handling for Harry Lorayne’s Numero Uno
- A Match Made in Heaven – Dai Vernon’s “Matching the Cards” (from a borrowed Shuffled Deck). Irv Weiner’s “Triple Transposition”….One simple Technique sets you up for an amazing series of transpositions.
This section is an intriguing conversation about the benefits of mastering “The Cull” so that you can work with a borrowed deck. Here, Michael performs some impromptu card magic with a deck supplied by Chris Harding.
What makes this section of the video so compelling is the fact that Michael performs and then explains a number of routines which would normally require you to begin with your deck stacked. This could be the most valuable study for all aspiring students of card magic. Ascension – Michael’s exquisite handling for the classic “Ambitious Aces”, inspired by an idea of James Swain’s. A Final Conversation with Chris Harding
In this final conversation, Michael imparts his knowledge and wisdom in the hope that it inspires you all to continue thinking and expanding the possibilities for your magic.
Bonus Explanation
The Ladies Looking Glass – Here is a master class in how to take ancient classic first published in 1868 and bring it kicking and screaming into the 21st century. Michael’s performance and explanation is an inspired study in technical mastery and artistic self – expression; Professor Comte and Robert Houdin would have loved this!
