Hey, You Looking at Me?
25.02.19 | Cuca Margoux
The renowned Spanish magician and magic theorist Juan Tamariz wrote in his classic book “The Five Points in Magic” that, to make an audience feel seen, a performer must extend “imaginary threads from [the performer’s] eyes to the spectators,” taking care to not break them during the performance. If a thread to one or more spectators should nevertheless break, the performer must “turn directly toward him or them and talk to the person or persons” until the threads are reconnected.
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