Dai Vernon Seminar
Dai Vernon is, arguably, the most influential magician of the 20th century. Yet the man and his material remain largely misunderstood. In this unprecedented two-disc, three-hour seminar, Roberto Giobbi explores what makes Dai Vernon's magic so special.
Recorded live in the UK, Giobbi will discuss Dai Vernon’s tricks, techniques, presentations, theories, and how they have changed the way magicians look at magic. Along the way you’ll learn more about the personality of Vernon through amazing and amusing anecdotes. Studying Vernon is a fascinating and enlightening way of studying the essence of artistic magic. With The Dai Vernon Seminar, you will look through the eyes of the kind of figure who comes along once in a century and changes the way magic is understood and performed. This set also includes rare footage of Vernon himself, with commentary by Giobbi.
Who better to take us on a journey into the mind of Dai Vernon than Roberto Giobbi? Giobbi, greatly respected for his incomparable Card College series, is also a truly erudite lecturer, who has become one of the most sought-out voices on magic in the world today. This live Vernon Seminar is the culmination of a lifelong study, and has been delivered to magicians around the world for over 15 years. This is your chance to step into the front row.
Also included: an 80-page PDF of Dai Vernon: Life and Work, a full-length book on the magic and life of Dai Vernon.
"Simply wonderful. There are few, if any, that could convey Vernon’s genius as well as Roberto Giobbi." Michael Perovich
Contents of Dai Vernon Seminar
Bibliography Overview
Cups and Balls
John Scarne Cups & Balls
The Peripatetic Walnuts
Ball, Cone and Handkerchief
Mental Card Miracle
Five Coins and a Glass
Retention of Vision Vanish
Silk & Silver (Fred Kaps)
Major Contributions, Master Works, Character & Influences The Banana Trick
Anecdotes & Life Stories
Triumph: Dramatic Construction
Details of Card Handling
Injog
Top Card Break (Back Breaker)
G.W. Hunter Shuffle Ruse
False Cuts & Applications
New Theory Second Deal
Classic Force
Post-peek Overhand Shuffle Control
Capping a Packet
Multiple Shift
Poker Demonstration
Linking Rings
Customer reviews for Dai Vernon Seminar
Before he reached his thirtieth year, Dai Vernon’s contemporaries were convinced he was an incomparable prodigy. By the time Vernon was in his early forties, Garrick Spencer’s playful sobriquet for his friend — “The Professor” — became devoid of any irony.
Paul Fox, an incredible artist in his own right, once wrote in a letter to Faucett Ross that he would “always regard [Vernon] as the outstanding magical genius of the age.”
Given the legendary status Vernon achieved in his own lifetime, it seems myopic to claim he has risen to a greater level of legend since his death in 1992; but Vernon’s true contributions to the art of magic are often overshadowed by the richness of his uncommonly long and mythically adventurous life.
On this new double-disc set for Vanishing Inc., however, Roberto Giobbi attempts to deconstruct Vernon’s genius and illuminate what really makes him one of the important historical figures of the twentieth century.
Giobbi’s attention to detail in the video and the accompanying 79-page PDF is exactly what the Professor’s magic deserves. If you are a Vernon aficionado, some of these priceless bits of business may have escaped your attention. And if you are a newcomer to Vernon’s magic, Giobbi’s seminar serves as an excellent introduction to the life and work of one of our art’s greatest geniuses.
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D.G. Mullen (Richmond, Va. 2022)
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Doug asks: Are you going to have any more of the DVDs available?
- 1. Vanishing Inc. Magic responds:We're no longer producing any DVD's
Ira asks: I have the same question. History book or practical useable info?
- 1. Sgkyduyen responds:Please see the answer above
Tom asks: From table of contents, this isn't "just" a history lesson, actual routines are included, correct?
- 1. Sgkyduyen responds:The routines included and a performance video by Roberto Giobbi
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