Spanish Celebrity And World Champion Of Magician To Perform At Muhlenberg College
Juan Tamariz, one of the most influential presences in magic, will perform in “An Evening with Juan Tamariz” to a sold-out crowd on Wednesday October 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Miller Forum at Muhlenberg College.Wednesday, September 29, 2004 10:25 AM
Juan Tamariz, one of the most influential presences in magic, will perform in “An Evening with Juan Tamariz” to a sold-out crowd on Wednesday October 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Miller Forum at Muhlenberg College. On Thursday, October 7 at 7:30 p.m., he will present “The Magic Way,” a performance-talk on the theory and art of magic, which will also be in the Miller Forum. Tickets are $5. Tickets for both shows are available at the Muhlenberg College Box Office.
Performing magic for over 40 years, Juan Tamariz has appeared on stage and screen all over the world. In 1973, Juan won the coveted First Prize in Card Magic at the World Championship of Magic in Paris. A year later he began producing and staring in a series of extremely successful magic programs for Spanish television. Tamariz has become a well-known celebrity in Europe and Latin America. He also founded the legendary La Escuela Magica de Madrid, a school that has trained many generations of Spanish magicians.
In 1992, Juan founded the publishing company, Editorial Frakson, which subsequently published many of Juan’s own books. His books currently translated in English are “Sonata” (1992), “The Five Points in Magic” (1998), and “The Magic Way” (1998). Also, he has just published a news, long-awaited book for magicians, “Mnemonica.” In each of these books, Juan reveals himself as a master thinker and teacher of the art.
The Theory and Art of Magic is a distinctive, scholarly celebration of the magical arts.
Created by Dr. Lawrence Hass, philosopher, magician and associate professor of philosophy for at Muhlenberg, The Theory and Art of Magic program is the first on-going symposium of the magical arts. At the heart of the program is a series of visits to the College by world-class magicians and theorists who perform astonishing magic, teach classes, and give philosophical talks on the nature of magic as an important human experience and as a performing art. In conjunction with these "magicians-in-residence," the College offers courses that dovetail with the program, including a studio arts class on performance magic.
