Magic Tricks

This is a great 3 hour session with Dani. Greg Wilson talks too much at the beginning, but when Dani fries him he backs off and recognizes that Dani is fully worthy and in charge.

For folks new to Dani DaOrtiz, this is a bargain introduction and a great way to sample his work. For students of Dani, there are plenty of examples of timing forces and other techniques that are so valuable to see in action (including a great bluff finish to a trick gone wrong -- a lesson in itself).

There's great stuff here about perception, including multiple false counts on the table that fry Wilson's mind. There's a deck switch, an enticing demo of Dani's wallet, a gorgeous take on the classic force, a brilliant spill control that channels Lennart Green, great theory, a flurry of four Spectator Cuts The Aces routines at the end to illustrate a theory point, plus several warhorse tricks that I've seen Dani explain elsewhere but still learned new details on.

For just eight bucks every fan or student of card magic should buy this lecture.

(Do not mistake this for Dani's first At The Table lecture, which was rendered nearly unwatchable by the inept host who had nothing to say but wouldn't shut up. That one is terrible, but this lecture is very, very worthwhile.)

For folks seeking more Dani, I most highly recommend his Penguin lectures #1 and #2. Then you can move on to Chaos (2 DVD set also in lecture format, where he excels) and his 4 DVD sets Utopia and Reloaded (Utopia is the stronger one).