Witness the gold-medal magic of Jean-Pierre Vallarino! Cards, coins & champagne spring to life in a dazzling ballet of the hands. Learn Vallarino’s secrets & elevate your close-up act!
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Jean Pierre Vallarino – The Prize Winning Magic
Experience the mesmerizing artistry of Jean-Pierre Vallarino, the 1991 FISM gold-medal winner, in his iconic act, ‘Champagne.’ Renowned for his exquisite close-up magic, Vallarino’s performance is a masterclass in elegance and precision, often compared to a ballet of the hands. This video captures the essence of his craft, offering invaluable insights into the choreography of hand movements and prop handling.
What You’ll Discover
- Stunning Transformations: Witness a card change into a coin, a one-coin sequence, and a jumbo coin transformation, culminating in a bill changing back to a single card. A highlight is the bill-to-signed-card change while the bill is clipped to a pen.
- Card and Coin Mastery: Enjoy a sequence featuring the production and vanish of four coins, their instant appearance under a card, a reverse matrix with one card and four coins, and the magical transformation of coins into a deck of cards.
- Champagne Finale: The act concludes with a double production of two glasses of champagne, accompanied by deceptive card controls that will leave you in awe.
Originally filmed in 1994 by Videonics and now digitized for re-release, this video includes Vallarino’s clear and well-translated explanations in English, despite being originally in French.
Why This Video is a Must-Have
Vallarino’s performance is not just a display of magic but a lesson in the elegance and choreography of hand movements. Whether you’re a seasoned magician or an enthusiast, this video offers techniques that will elevate your magic, regardless of your style. Don’t miss the chance to learn from a gold medal award-winning act.
The 1991 FISM gold-medal winning act of Jean-Pierre Vallarino， ‘Champagne.’ More recently， one may have caught Vallarino on the World’s Greatest Magic television show performing his exquisite manipulation act done close up. Watching Vallarino is like watching a ballet of the hands. This may be the most important thing the viewer can take from this video – the beauty and importance of carefully choreographing your actions and hand movements. Vallarino focuses his close-up ballet on cards， coins， and champagne glasses which are produced along the way.
The act consists of three parts. The first opens with a stunning change of a card to a coin， a one coin sequence， change of the coin to a jumbo coin， change of the jumbo coin to a bill， and the change of the bill back to the single card. Of particular interest is a change of a bill into a signed card while the bill is clipped and isolated at the end of a pen.
The second sequence focuses on cards and coins: a production of 4 coins， a vanish of the 4 coins， their instant appearance under a card， reverse matrix with one card and 4 coins， production of a glass of champagne， a change of the coins into a deck of cards.
Finally， Vallarino focuses on a deck of cards with a double production of two glasses of champagne to end his act. Included are a couple of deceptive card controls.
This video was originally shot in 1994 by Videonics and has been digitized for re-release. Vallarino’s explanations are in French but are very clear and well translated into English.
Vallarino teaches an important lesson in elegance and choreography of the hands and props. Here is a chance to learn some lessons that will make your magic better no matter what your style while enjoying the gold medal award-winning close-up act of Jean-Pierre Vallarino.
