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Joshua Jay
Lectures for the PA on June 10, 2008
About the Lecture
 Joshua
Jay will perform a lecture featuring the practical close-up and parlor magic
that has taken him around the world. You'll learn magic with cards, coins, a
tape measure, books, bills, and more! At two points during the lecture, Joshua
will conduct mini-workshop clinics, where you will follow along, objects in
hand. So be sure to bring a deck and some coins!
About Joshua
“Joshua Jay is one of America’s finest young magicians.” – Richard Kaufman,
Editor of Genii, The Conjurer’s Magazine
He figured it out. His dad showed him a card trick when he was a child, and
after hours of experimenting in his room, Joshua figured it out. His dad was a
magic enthusiast and knew when to be impressed. His reaction was simple: “This
is your calling.”
“I always tell people I didn’t find magic. Magic found me.” — Joshua Jay
His dad was right. Since that day Joshua Jay has made numerous television
appearances and has been a headline performer and lecturer in over 40 countries.
He routinely performs for distinguished politicians and major celebrities and is
a headliner at the prestigious Magic Castle in Hollywood. He is the author of
two best-selling books on magic (his first is published in five languages), and
has produced a series of top-selling instructional DVDs for magicians. In 1998,
he was crowned champion at the World Magic Seminar. Joshua is a monthly
columnist for MAGIC, the world’s largest magazine for magicians.
Joshua also acts as magic consultant for several multi-national toy
manufacturers (most recently for Marvel Comics) and has helped design many of
the magic sets on toy store shelves.
Revealing truth
“Good magic hides the trick,” he says. “Great magic reveals some sort of truth.
It’s a form of self-expression. I want my magic to be meaningful. I want people
to find more in it than deception. People should enjoy it, of course, but they
should also feel connected to others through it and to reconsider what they
think they know and the way they perceive things.”
Joshua does plenty of things that will make you reconsider what you think you
know. His main performance style is close-up. Coins, ropes, even a television
remote—vanishing, stretching, and defying expectations in countless other ways.
But his passion is cards. (“I’m up to two packs a day,” he says.) Not your
uncle’s card tricks, mind you. These are head-turning, jaw-dropping pieces of
strange that have garnered Joshua international renown as a card magician
extraordinaire.
Flexibility … right in front of you
From corporate functions to private parties to your living room, Joshua is
performance-driven. He has even produced a sell-out one-man stage show called
“At Home on Stage” that brought the audience into his “bedroom” and took them
through a day in his magical life.
A lover of film and literature, he has written and starred in an award-winning
short film called “The Heckler” that brings a sort of Twilight Zone sensibility
to a magician’s work-a-day life. As an accomplished photographer, he turns
cheating moves into fine art. His series, “Trick Photography,” has been
exhibited all over the United States.
Joshua’s magic is up-close and personal—simple, clear and undeniable. It happens
when you’re watching, no matter how close you’re watching. The secret is right
in front of you.
And the secret is Joshua.
—By John Armato
When:
Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 7:45 PM
Where:
Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Seminar Room (Main Floor) or Room 1184, depending on
availability,
1425 Madison Avenue, at
98th Street, New York, NY
Admission policy: -
Free to S.A.M. Parent Assembly #1 members -
$20 for members of the S.A.M., who are not members of Parent Assembly #1
- Must present valid S.A.M. membership card to qualify -
$25 for other guest magicians
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