Reasons we like magic performance
Magic performance
- Interactive
- Highly visual
- Can impact more than just the sense of vision, ie touch, sound
- Can be emotional
- Can be playful
- Demands attention
- Can be highly intellectual
- Can be light hearted
- Can be intense
- Can appeal to a diverse audience
- Resonates with our primitive soul
- Allows us to wonder What if
- Can engage us to ask how is this possible
- Well scripted, it is art/theater
- Can be performed anywhere
- Has many styles/formats
- Can be performed by a single individual or in concert with others
- The best performances have a piece of the performer in them
- Can be performed silent, with script or to music
- Can be highly technical or extremely simple ie a computer or a rubber band
- Can be performed and be gone or leave a reminder object behind to show others what occurred
- Can incorporate cutting edge of technology or arcane bits of knowledge
- Can motivate others to action and inspire further thought
