The hands separate in a dramatic magical gesture, the fingers of the right-hand snap. The right hand strikes the back of the left hand. Very quickly, the hands form it into a paper ball. At the end you’ll see all four balls inside the box so you have to watch close you have to try and catch me.Ī paper napkin is shown and then suddenly slapped into the left hand. One at a time I’ll roll each paper napkin into a ball and drop it into the box, but you won’t see them go. Now I have to explain what I’m going to do so you know. He smiled and said something like Here I have four paper napkins, one, two, three, four. Next he showed four paper napkins, counting them slowly one at a time.

He began by showing a small card board box, no bottom, no top, it was made in such a way that it could be opened and then folded flat, so it was very clear that there was nothing inside the box.Īn empty box, flat, nothing inside, I’ll put it here. This is the first magic routine I ever saw my teacher perform.

The opposite of legato.Įtymology: Italian, from past participle of staccare to detach, from s- ex- (from Latin ex-) + attaccare to attack cut short or apart in performing b: marked by short clear-cut playing or singing of tones or chords Staccato: Detached sounds, indicated by a dot over or under a note. Angelo Ferri available at Smashwords Introduction Loading The Fourth Ball into The Hat PhotosĮ-Books by D. Reversed View of Palm Used in Misdirection Sleightĭisplay and Vanish of the First Ball Photosĭisplay and Vanish of Second Ball While Acquiring Lapped Ball from Lap, Making Transfer and Loading the First Ball into The Hat Photos Movements Generating from Center /Leave and Takeĭisappearance / Lapping of First Ball with Misdirection Sleightĭetails of Handling Transfer of the Paper Balls Opening/Exposed: Making the First Ball & Magical Gesture Slydini’s Paper Balls in the Box, 2019 Edition You will need paper napkins, the inexpensive ones work best, and you will need some music that appeals to you. I have included instructions on how to make the box. To perform this routine, you will need a hat or a simple box that folds flat. I have included hundreds of photographs on a beat by beat basis, including 'exposed' views of the magicians’ 'center', as understanding proper movement is absolutely essential to the proper performance of this Slydini masterpiece. In every lesson we ever had he always told me: 'You must believe what you are doing, if you believe it, they will believe it.' This routine teaches the use of the eyes and above all belief.

This is something Slydini instinctively understood and employed in all of his magic. One of its great lessons is the use of the eyes. This routine will teach the student many guiding principles such as: His performance compelled me to give up everything I knew about magic and seek him out for lessons. This is the first miracle I ever saw my teacher perform.

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