Open Call : Shanghai Magic Opportunity

Posted by Jon Raiker at 06:31 pm February 19, 2010

theory11 artist Dan White is currently in Shanghai working on a new project with Armando Lucero - and they wanted to pass along a great opportunity for any and all qualified magicians.

The duo is looking for great close up magicians from all over the world to perform in a new and prestigious environment. If you think you've got the goods or know anyone that does, let them know via the application HERE.

Note that due to the nature of the space, only magicians 18+ will be considered. Full information can be found at the links below.

: : Shanghai - Opportunity For Magicians
: : Discuss This Bulletin - Forums

Gaze upon the King of Clubs fondly. Your first chance to grab a rare, never-to-be-sold Gold Arcane deck awaits in our Arcane video contest.

In the coming weeks, we’ll announce how everyone will get a chance to snare one of the 5,000 of these decks that have been printed. But in the meantime, your skill and performance could put one of these in your hands.

In a nutshell: Surely, you’ve had your chance to get a few decks of Arcane playing cards. Now, we want to see what you do with them. Hit the mall, the boardwalk, the park, anywhere there are spectators, and blow some minds with either a black or white deck. Or use both. It’s your routine. Our judges will pick the best video based on creativity, skill, presentation and audience reaction. Here’s the rules:

• Only one video per person. If there is any appearance of multiple submissions from the same person, the videos will not be judged.
• Vid must be no longer than four minutes. Handy tip: TIME YOUR ROUTINE BEFORE PERFORMING.
• Your performance must be for at least one genuine spectator.
• Your performance may include any trick or effect that utilizes playing cards, and those cards must be from a deck of Arcanes.
• Creativity is encouraged. Use the glyphs or the smoky face cards as part of your routine.
• Your video may include any kind of editing, but your trick or routine must be uncut.
• Submit your videos in the Member Videos forum with the words “Arcane Contest” somewhere in the title.
• All videos must meet our submission guidelines. Any videos that do not will not be judged. NO EXCEPTIONS. THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING.
• If you have any questions about the rules, ask them in this thread on the Ellusionist Forums.

Submission deadline: 12:01 a.m. Monday, March 1 (Central time zone; GMT -6). Good luck!

How I roll... from Magic Mike Jacobson on Vimeo.

Exclusive Q&A Session - Mike Jacobson

Posted by Jon Raiker at 09:06 pm February 08, 2010

Following our appearance at Magic-Con we fly to New York to begin our “short and sweet” East Coast Lecture Tour. If you’re in the New York area you’ll be pleased to know that we have arranged an extremely exclusive hands-on workshop at a prestigious magic library **. We hope you can make it to one of these events we and look forward to sharing our material with you all.

*Please contact Mark Desouza directly at fkaps@aol.com for information on attending this lecture.
**Please contact Spencer Peterson directly at spencer@dananddave.com for information about this exclusive engagement. Limited to 8 attendees only.

Bee® Erdnase Playing Cards: NOW AVAILABLE

Bee® Erdnase Playing Cards from Dan and Dave on Vimeo.

Printed using the same color green as the original 1902 book on premium Aristocrat stock using the Bee® back design with white borders.

Each deck includes two custom jokers, a custom Ace of Spades, and two ad cards printed to look like pages from the book. The box looks exactly like a miniaturized version of the book with the same textured finish.