Magic Video - Paths to Enchantment by Malcolm Yaffe
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Unlock Your Inner Magician with 'Paths to Enchantment'
Step into a new realm of children's magic with 'Magic Video - Paths to Enchantment by Malcolm Yaffe.' This isn't just another collection of tricks; it's a revolutionary digital download designed to fundamentally change how you approach children's entertainment. While many magicians endlessly pursue the latest props and innovations, this unique video encourages you to look within, providing a structured blueprint to improve, enhance, and create your own routines using the magic you already possess. Stop relying solely on external novelties and start cultivating your personal artistic vision with Malcolm Yaffe's profound wisdom.
Master Eleven Essential Techniques for Captivating Performances
Malcolm Yaffe, a revered figure with over thirty years in children's magic, has meticulously identified and defined eleven critical techniques that underpin truly successful and enchanting performances for young audiences. 'Paths to Enchantment' is the first cohesive attempt to systematize these often-overlooked aspects of engaging children. This program empowers you to build fresh, captivating presentations for the tricks you already own, whether it's 'They See, You Don't,' 'The Frustrated Wizard,' 'Fantasizing,' 'Animation,' 'Business, Participation, Involvement,' 'The Mischief-Maker,' 'The Success Factor,' 'Add-Ons and Compatibility,' 'Storytelling,' 'Chaos,' or 'Emotional Appeals.' Each technique is thoroughly explained and vividly illustrated with dozens of examples drawn from Yaffe's professional repertoire.
Reimagine Classics and Discover Original Wonders
Beyond foundational techniques, 'Paths to Enchantment' showcases how these principles breathe new life into classic routines. Witness imaginative reinterpretations of beloved acts like 'Forgetful Freddie,' 'Fantastic Frame,' 'The Multiplying Wands,' 'Rope to Silk,' and 'The Egg Bag.' But the journey doesn't stop there. Malcolm Yaffe also reveals completely original utility props and innovative tricks, including 'The Skeleton Hand in Wand,' 'Marvin the Watch-Repairing Mouse,' and 'The Magic Card Shop.' This comprehensive approach ensures that you'll not only enhance your existing material but also spark new ideas for groundbreaking performances. Remember, this is a digital download, and physical gimmicks are not included, allowing you to focus on the invaluable knowledge and creative strategies.
Elevate Your Children's Entertainment to Professional Heights
Praised by industry experts like David Kaye as 'incredible' and unlike any other kid-show book, 'Paths to Enchantment' offers a clear, engaging, and unique pathway to a higher level of success and professionalism. Whether you're an experienced children's entertainer or aspiring to be one, this program provides a step-by-step system to tap into your own creative talents and significantly increase the intensity and enchantment of your performances. Prepare to transform your approach, captivate your audience like never before, and truly distinguish yourself in the world of children's magic.
Original Specs
Paths to Enchantment by Malcolm Yaffe
Most children's magicians depend on props to entertain their audiences. Readers of books on the subject of children's magic expect to find detailed accounts of tricks and routines. While Paths to Enchantment has plenty of these, its central purpose is to set out in the form of a blueprint a method to enable readers to improve and devise their own routines.
The majority of children's entertainers are so obsessed with obtaining and trying out the latest innovation that they seldom search within themselves and discover what new ideas they can apply to props they already possess. One block to such personal invention is the lack of a systematic structure the performer can apply to the task, a foundation on which to develop entertaining ideas from the subconscious.
Paths to Enchantment is believed to be the first cohesive attempt to analyze those aspects of a successful performance that give pleasure to children. Malcolm Yaffe, a veteran of children's magic with more than thirty years' experience in the field, has identified and defined eleven essential techniques on which to build fresh and successful presentations for the tricks you already own-
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THEY SEE, YOU DON'T
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THE FRUSTRATED WIZARD
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FANTASIZING
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ANIMATION
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BUSINESS, PARTICIPATION, INVOLVEMENT
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THE MISCHIEF-MAKER
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THE SUCCESS FACTOR
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ADD-ONS AND COMPATIBILITY
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STORYTELLING
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CHAOS
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EMOTIONAL APPEALS
After explaining each technique, he illustrates how it is applied, using dozens of examples drawn from his professional repertoire, among which are several prize-winning routines and presentations. Included are Yaffe's imaginative redressings of such classics as-
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FORGETFUL FREDDIE
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FANTASTIC FRAME
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THE MULTIPLYING WANDS
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ROPE TO SILK
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THE CHAIR SUSPENSION
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THE MUTILATED SUNSHADE
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THE EGG BAG
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THE GUNG HO PRODUCTION BOX
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THE LIGHT AND HEAVY GLASS
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THE GIANT AND THE DWARF
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CRAZY COMPASS
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THE LINKING RINGS
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and many more.
Also revealed are completely original utility props and tricks, such as-
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THE SKELETON HAND IN WAND
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FLY ON LAPEL
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MARVIN THE WATCH-REPAIRING MOUSE
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THE MAGIC CARD SHOP
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THE SKULL FROM BUCKET
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THE MULTIPLYNG WAND BOX
Clear and engaging in its unique approach, Paths to Enchantment maps out the routes necessary to arrive at a higher level of success and professionalism for those who entertain children or who wish to do so. Its content breaks exciting new ground by giving children's magicians and clowns a step-by-step system designed to help them discover their own creative talents and increase the intensity of entertainment in their performances.
"This book is incredible…. You have not read another kid-show book like this one….be sure to get yourself a copy."
-David Kaye
Pages 255 – Hardbound w/ Dust Jacket
PLEASE NOTE: This item is a digital download ,Gimmick not included
