| This article explains what close-up magic is, what an | | | | the top position in a deck of cards without any |
| expert close-up magician can do and what great | | | | shuffling or cutting, or the Sponge Balls’ |
| entertainment close-up magic can be for almost any | | | | where the balls move invisibly between the |
| event. Close-up magic is magical entertainment that | | | | magician’s hands and those of the |
| happens right in front of you, magic you can not only | | | | spectator’s. In fact, these routines are freely |
| see but feel and touch. This intimacy is what makes it | | | | available if you care to look. Anyone can search the |
| so different from other types of magic. An expert | | | | internet and buy books and DVDs on close-up magic, |
| close-up magician will involve and interact with the | | | | or even the props and standard routines. What really |
| audience far more than a stage magician (or any other | | | | sets one close-up magician apart from another is how |
| form of entertainer for that matter). | | | | they present their magic. In fact, presentation is the key |
| Most close-up magicians use common props such as | | | | - it is what makes close-up magic entertaining. A really |
| playing cards, coins, sponge balls and rope. And all | | | | good, professional magician will be creative and |
| magicians perform the same basic magical effects | | | | present their magic in an original and entertaining way. |
| with these props, making them appear, disappear, | | | | Sometimes humorous, sometimes mysterious, |
| change, levitate, break and restore, and penetrate | | | | sometimes just plain weird and freaky. The magic |
| other objects. What is amazing about close-up magic | | | | becomes a vehicle for the personality and ideas of the |
| is that it happens so close to you, sometimes while | | | | performer. |
| you are holding the props!There are many standard | | | | This is what makes close-up magic great |
| close-up magic effects and standard routines used to | | | | entertainment. An interesting, strange and funny person |
| present them. For example, the Ambitious | | | | demonstrates the impossible, weird and wonderful, right |
| Card’ where a chosen card repeatedly rises to | | | | under your nose! |