It’s important to sell the SUSPENSION plot with everything you use. The audience should believe that you have the ability to suspend whatever you touch.
To help create this effect here are six methods for suspending the STICK used in the Genii Bottle, six methods for creating a moment of magical whimsy, seemingly a throw away - but which is, in reality, a subtle selling of the performer’s magical power.
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4 - GENII 2.0
We are deep into SUSPENSION territory now, I heard from many of you who found the Genii Bottle redux to be inspiring. This is fabulous to hear.
It’s important to see how magicians of the past have APPROACHED a problem in order to help inspire us to look at trick methodology in different ways...
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5 - DAVID NIXON'S BOTTLE IDEA
In Will Dexter’s lovely book EVERYBODY’S BOOK OF MAGIC - the late great David Nixon details a fabulous routine for the Genii bottle, well, ONE PART of it is fabulous, and THAT’S what I’m discussing here.
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6 - INDIAN RICE JAR SUSPENSION
This PERFORMANCE PIECE is one of the main reasons for the whole series on suspensions.
Long considered by many to be impossible to do, the Indian Rice Suspension has been legendarily fraught with danger.
Once a staple of my cabaret show, I will teach you the true secrets, reveal my personal t...
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