Leading with your Head

Psychological and Directional Keys to the Amplification of the Magic Effect

1992
Written by Gary Kurtz
Work of Gary Kurtz
40 pages (Stapled), published by Selfpublished
No illustrations
Language: English
26 entries
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Gary Kurtz Introduction
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Gary Kurtz Further Intentions
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Gary Kurtz Direction
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Gary Kurtz Misdirection
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Gary Kurtz Your Physical Instrument
  • Corporal Space and Staging
  • Physical Movement (Basic Strengths and Weaknesses)
  • Corporal Staging - Framing for Effect
    • Visual Noise
    • The Open Position
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Gary Kurtz First Example: The Misers Dream
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Gary Kurtz Second Example: Producing a Card From Your Pants' Pocket
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Gary Kurtz Third Example: The order in which you have three cards chosen and revealed
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Gary Kurtz Psycho-Physical Techniques
  • Active and Relaxed States
  • The Off-beat
    • Creating the Off-beat
    • Regaining Attention
  • Coordination of Actions
    • The Priority of Actions
    • Economy of Motion
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Gary Kurtz On the Carlyle Card to Pocket
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Gary Kurtz Performing a One Hand Top Palm
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Gary Kurtz Example: A Coin Vanish lapping with fake back-and-forth tossing
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Gary Kurtz Another example: The Top Change
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Gary Kurtz False Transfer of a Ball
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Gary Kurtz Palmed Aces from Pocket as gag
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Gary Kurtz An extravagant example: Magician Changes into Tiger; Magician Reappears in Back of Theatre
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Gary Kurtz A Challenging Example: The Card Under Spectator's Glass (across the table)
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Gary Kurtz Focal-Interactional Techniques
  • Focus - The Eyes
  • Focal-Interactional Misdirection (The Eyes - The Voice)
  • Focusing on the Effect
    • The Yo-Yo Dilemma
    • Focusing on Essential Elements
    • Focus and The Intention of Magic
  • Focus - Your Audience and You - The Eyes that Bind
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Gary Kurtz Coin under Shaker à la Goshman
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Gary Kurtz Palming Culled Cards Out and handing deck out
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Gary Kurtz Purely Psychological Techniques
  • Openness
  • Spectator Affirmation
    • The Nod Technique
    • Affirmation = Involvement
    • Affirmation and Memory
    • Affirmation and The Distortion of Memory
    • The Nod Technique and Psychological Manipulation
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Gary Kurtz Example: The Classic Force
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Gary Kurtz Another Example: A Vernon Key Card Placement see also p. 34
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Gary Kurtz A Detailed Example: An Ambitious Card Routine five phases
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Gary Kurtz Random Thoughts
  • Preparing Material for Performance
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Gary Kurtz Final Words
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