Hidden agenda - A year's worth of magic effects, technical finesse, professional advice, sales strategies, theory and reflection.
Picture book of 384 pages - 16x24 cm format
"One of the most enjoyable reading experiences that I have had for years."
Jamy Ian Swiss (Genii magazine)
In this secret agenda, Roberto Giobbi - the author of books on conjuring most read in the world - has collected 366 books, one for each day of the year (plus one extra for leap years). Magic effects, techniques, subtleties, professional advice, sales strategies, theory and reflection: a whole year of great magic!
Among the effects and techniques - card magic, coins, close-up, magic room and scene - explains how, by blowing in a straw, you can inflate a piece of paper until it becomes a real egg; how to turn an ordinary wallet in a portfolio in exchange; how to force secretly to your guests that the wine you have chosen to accompany the dinner; numerous methods to control and find papers, mixtures, forcing, jumps, cuts impalmaggi, exchange deck and transformations; little known or unpublished material coming from bigger names such as Fred Kaps, Dai Vernon, Ed Marlo, Juan Tamariz, Lennart Green, Vanni Bossi, Arturo de Ascanio, David Williamson ... and much, much more.
The professional advice ranging from how to show the tables as to give his business card so memorable; from how to put a hand in his pocket to perform as least once a week in front of a new audience even if you are not professionals; from how to manage stage fright as to ensure that the audience begins to applaud whenever you want.
And yet anecdotes and quotes to use in your performances.
Roberto Giobbi in this book reveals much about himself, his work, his way of thinking about art as magic.