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Harry R New user 76 Posts |
I'm interested to know how you present yourself on stage. Do you come from a psychological or from a psychic angle as a way of presenting your skills?
Personally, I leave myself open for the audience to decide. |
dpe666 Inner circle 2895 Posts |
I try to come across as the psychological type. I think people try not to "catch" you so much if you give them a plausible answer up front.
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Thoughtreader Inner circle Calgary, Alberta, Canada 1565 Posts |
If people are trying to "catch" you in your performance be it as a magician or mentalist, then you are NOT approaching this the right way. Your audience should be so entertained and engrossed in what you do that they don't care about how you do it or trying to "catch you" or "figure out what you are doing".
As far as how to present yourself to be successful within the context of a mental performance, you must first ask yourself about your own beliefs and philosophy. Then when you have a TRUE understanding of where you feel about actual psychic phenomenon, your feelings and understanding of the paranormal, you then have to do what many talk about but few actually do, BE YOURSELF. Being yourself, truly working in front of your audience with none of the barriers that normally go up between us (these are the defense mechanisms that pop up all the time when we go in front of people and even seasoned performers can have these pop up too), when your audience can truly see the real you, they sense this and they take that sincerity that you are projecting and apply that to the believability of your performance. If they like you, if they become involved in your presentations, if they trust you, enjoy you and truly want to spend time watching you, then they will forget about challenging you and will better be entertained by you. PSIncerely Yours, Paul Alberstat http://www.stores.ebay.ca/Abstagecraft |
Lior Inner circle 1961 Posts |
I just do what I do
The Lior Touch
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MrX Regular user Los Angeles 139 Posts |
Beware - this is advice from a relative beginner, but I have to agree with Paul's comment above. I just tell people how I really feel - that I keep an open mind about "paranormal" phenomena and I'd like to share with them some interesting observations I've come across in my studies.
The big thing I'm learning is to LISTEN to the audience - listen to how they're reacting and WHAT they're reacting to to guide your performance. As the old saying goes: "Ride the horse in the direction it's going". That's my 1 1/2 cents. |
Bruno New user 62 Posts |
In my opinion it is weak to leave the specs the space to decide how and what it is you are doing. Also if they are challenging you during a performance you've clearly lost them and you should wind up quickly and get the hell out.
An audience, or single spectator, should be totally engrossed during your act and left questioning their own beliefs and perceptions in the light of something they have witnessed which has no explanation other than the one you gave. The key to strong mentalism and an effective performance is scripting and blocking. These are essential preparatory elements for creating a confident presentation that will subtley force an audience to suspend their disbelief until they are well out of your company.If the job is done well this suspension should last a lifetime, or at least until the spec is laying alone reflecting on the days events in those fuzzy moments before sleep. |
Harry R New user 76 Posts |
By saying that 'I leave myself open for the audience to decide' I mean that I need give no explanation other than that I am using the powers of the mind.
Now, the true believers in the audience can take that to mean I am using psychic powers whilst the more scientifically minded can put my powers down to intuition, subtle observation and wisdom. In my experience an audience would find it very difficult to challenge a performance when that performance is billed as one that uses the power of the mind. |
Brash Regular user 149 Posts |
I'm a strong believer in following what I call a "credulity curve" begin with routines which are easy for the audience to accept and then progress from there.
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