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Enter a world of elegance and sophistication…
where time stops, money disappears into thin air, black becomes white and white becomes black!
Michael Vincent defies all human logic as the world’s maestro of sleight of hand!
Once in every generation is born an individual whose work becomes known worldwide as a touchstone for excellence. With the hands of an artist and the soul of a poet, Michael is just such an individual. His sleight-of-hand is masterful, his presentations are inventive and his performances are the epitome of class and sophistication.
As the only magician in history to have won the prestigious title of “Magic Circle Close-up Magician of the Year” three times, Michael has spent the better part of three decades honing his skills to become one of finest magicians that Great Britain has ever produced.
Video One: The Live Performance:
Routines performed and explained:
- The Slot Machine
- Coins Across & the Coins through the Table
- Match Made in Heaven – Dai Vernon’s “Matching the Cards” plays big
- The Two-Card Monte-Michael’s handling and presentation for Eddie Fechter’s “Be Honest, What is it”
- The Mushin Travellers
- A Discussion on Coin Magic with Chris Harding
- A detailed study of the fundamental coin sleights:
Finger Palm
Thumb Palm
Classic Palm
Transferring from different palm positions
The natural look of the hand
The Coin Shuttle
- My Three Coins Vanish A wonderful sequence that will serve not only as a mystifying piece of elegant coin magic but will enable you to practice all of the discussed techniques in a specific context.
- The Right Way to Wash Your Hands: A Study of “The Beat” This is an extremely valuable technique to learn and this is a perfect place to do so.
- MV’s Slot Machine
- Michael’s handling of a Dr Sawa routine that is a fabulous opener as well as a guaranteed ovation getter. This routine has it all: an engaging presentation, beautiful magic and the classic Vincent charm.
Video Two: The Close up Show
Routines performed and explained:
- Fooled by a Gentleman- A fantastic opening routine inspired by the great thinking of Nate Leipzig
- Asthmatic Card Control A wonderful routine to demonstrate your abilities at shuffle tracking and card control.
- The Invisible Card
- Three-Card Monte- A discussion and presentation tips on this classic routine.
- The Card at Any Number. Michael’s take on this much-explored effect is discussed and explained in full.
Video Three: The Pathway to Excellence Continued
- A discussion of how to improve your magic, raise your own standards and how to master and improve the basic techniques in sleight-of-hand. This is a follow up to the mentoring process started on Volume one. Here, Michael takes you deeper into the dynamics of successful card handling.
INTERMEDIATE STEPS
- The Control – A Further Discussion
- The Double Lift – MV Combination double lift
- The Palm
- MV/Marlo One hand Bottom Palm
- The Double Undercut Palm
- The Side-Jog Set for/The LJ Angle Palm
- The Diagonal Palm Shift
- The Top Change – A discussion on The Two Card Monte
- The Force – The Dribble Force plus some wonderful applications of this technique
- The False Shuffle – A Discussion on The Zarrow Shuffle
Bonus Explanations:
- A Match Made in Heaven- A wonderful stand-up version of a Dai Vernon classic!
- The Mushin Travellers- This will really give you something to work on. If you have studied the intermediate steps then now you can begin the road to mastering a routine that will really test you abilities in performance, misdirection and sleight of hand.
Video Four: Bonus Explanations
- The Coins through the Table A Study in the Ebb and Flow of Tension and Relaxation. This routine is one of the highlights of Michael’s highly acclaimed Magic Castle Act.
- Stand-up Coins Across/Chinese Connection- A discussion on one of the popular performance-only effects from volume one.
- Chink-a-Chink A personalized approach: A classic routine gets the “Vincent Touch.”
- The Shattering Coins and Silver Balls: A Tribute to Eddie Joseph A staggering piece of close up coin magic that you have to see to believe! Michael proves once again that attention to detail and mastery of his craft can truly achieve stunningly visual magic.
- Michael’s Stand-up Rhapsody in Silver After many requests since the release of the previous collection, this routine from the first live parlour show is now performed and explained in full detail.
- The Chain of Excellence