Close-up magic (also known as table magic or micromagic) is magic performed in an intimate setting usually no more than 3 meters (10 feet) from one's audience and is usually performed while sitting at a table.Wilson, Mark (1988). Mark Wilson's Complete Course In Magic. Courage Books. . Card Magic, pp. 17-171
Sleight-of-hand, also known as prestidigitation ("quick fingers") or léger de main (Fr., "lightness of hand"), is the set of techniques used by a magician to secretly manipulate objects.Tarr, Bill. Now You See It, Now You Don't!: Lessons in Sleight of Hand. Vintage. 1976. Coins and playing cards are the most commonly used objects, but any small item can be used such as dice, bottle caps, sugar cubes, sponge balls, pebbles, pens, and cups and balls.Fulves, Karl. Self-Working Table Magic: 97 Foolproof Tricks with Everyday Objects. Dover Publications. 1981. A magician may use more than one kind of object in a single trick.
Close-up magicians may also enhance their performance by combining magic with other elements, such as cardistry. While magic uses misdirection to produce an illusion, these flourishes are more straightforward displays of skill, comparable to juggling.
Famous performers
Jewel Aich Jay Alexander Michael Ammar Tony Andruzzi Keith Barry Steve Beam Herbert L. Becker Ariann Black David Blaine J.B. Bobo Derren Brown Matthias Buchinger Charles Cameron Canuplin John Carney John Cassidy Milbourne Christopher Ali Cook Paul Curry Steve Dacri Paul Daniels Daryl Lewis Davenport Dedi Persi Diaconis Dean Dill Derek Dingle Simon Drake Geoffrey Durham Tim Ellis Alex Elmsley S. W. Erdnase Fakir of Ava (Isaiah Harris Hughes) Martin Gardner Paul Gertner Walter B. Gibson Andi Gladwin Horace Goldin Lennart Green Brother John Hamman Paul Harris Ryan Hayashi Whit Haydn Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Burling Hull Scott Interrante Joshua Jay Ricky Jay Larry Jennings Barry Jones Richard Jones Charles Jordan Fred Kaps (Abraham Pieter Adrianus Bongers) Gustavus Katterfelto Igor Kio (Igor Emilievich Renard Kio) Kostya Kimlat Al Koran (Edward Doe) Duane Laflin René Lavand Tom London Harry Lorayne Simon Lovell Stuart Macleod Gérard Majax (Gérard Fater) Max Malini (Max Katz Breit) Leon Mandrake Matt Marcy Ed Marlo Doug McKenzie Lisa Menna Drummond Money-Coutts Stephen Mulhern Oscar Munoz David Nixon Lance Norris Alain Nu Shoot Ogawa Okito (Tobias Bamberg) Darwin Ortiz Johnny Ace Palmer Scott Penrose Jacob Philadelphia (Jacob Meyer) Franz Polgar Fay Presto Dominic Reyes Étienne-Gaspard Robert Brian Role David Roth Jerry Sadowitz Jay Sankey Ian Saville John Scarne (Orlando Carmelo Scarnecchia) Howie Schwarzman Alan Shaxon (Alan Arthur Howson) Michael Skinner Tony Slydini Thomas Solomon David Stone Tom Stone Sylvester the Jester Cyril Takayama Juan Tamariz Harlan Tarbell Teller Neil Tobin Richard Turner Dai Vernon Michael Vincent Val Walker Roy Walton Orson Welles Gregory Wilson Tommy Wonder Herb Zarrow Paul Zenon
Micro magic tricks
The Best Coin Fold Cups and balls Ambitious card Card warp Floating match on card French drop Palming Retention of vision vanish Hummer card The Four Burglars Scotch and soda Detachable thumb Thumb tip Glorpy Healed and sealed Zarrow shuffle Card manipulation
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