Creating a Kids Magic Street Show

Kids Magic Street Show We stumbled over this excellent video by KAL about Mario the Magician, posted on Andrew Maynes iTricks blog

A fascinating look into the life of a New York street magician and the creative process that has developed his kids magic show.

What’s especially interesting for us and the reason we have re-posted, is that Marco talks about his personal motivation for performing magic to kids on the street:

‘Magic is creating a moment for somebody else. Where they forget that reality is reality, and they actually question everything for a moment. Not in a scary way, but in the most exciting way, because magic is an experience. Magic is a total moment of being astonished, and questioning what you believe.It’s all about reinforcing a kids natural instinct to believe. Each labored over routine, each hand made prop, each gesture of controlled chaos in my performance sends the same message to them.’ – Mario the Magician

Now that’s what it’s all about! We all believed in magic when we were kids, but for most of us, life got in the way. Regardless of the age of the people you perform your magic tricks for, your job as a magician, is to ALLOW them to believe again, if only for a few moments.

Why do you want to perform magic? We would love to know what motivates you. Leave a comment in the comments section below:

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