Avenue: Thinking & Direction in Card Magic DVD by Dorian Rhodell by Dan and Dave Buck

Dorian Rhodell is not only an avid practitioner of card magic, he is also a former student of the late Larry Jennings. His style and technique, although more classical, have been tailored for a modern audience and will suit any performance atmosphere.

"A real miracle man." - Larry Jennings

The effects explained on this DVD have served his professional repertoire for many years and are sure to bring new wonder and excitement to your audiences.

"An amazing student, an excellent performer, and an insightful creator. Dorian combines worldliness and charm with expert sleight-of-hand and his own quirky brand of humor to deliver stunning results." - Paul Chosse

Journey down an avenue of classic design, modern thinking, and professional direction and experience the card magic of Dorian Rhodell.

For the most part, the following effects utilize a sleight known as Pughe's Pass. Dorian uses this sleight as a color change and thoroughly explains all the mechanics behind it.

• Grease Lightning v1: A visual transposition of the four Aces and the four Kings. The spectator is asked to choose between Aces or Kings. If they choose Kings, these cards are inserted into separate parts of the deck. The Aces are placed face up on top, and with a snap, the Aces visually change into Kings, while the protruding cards are shown to be the Aces. This effect gets killer reactions.
• Grease Lightning v2: A variation of Grease Lightning that will fool even magicians. It's one of the most visual and direct effects on the DVD.
• Snap Exchange: Similar to Grease Lightning, but this time the four Kings are placed face down in different parts of a face-up deck. The Aces on top change into Kings, and the deck is spread to reveal the four Aces are now reversed in the deck.
• Joyride: A sandwich effect utilizing a four-of-a-kind, such as the four Jacks. The Jacks find the selection and mysteriously transpose with each other, adding a new twist to this classic effect.
• Recon: After a card is selected, three random cards are removed and shown. Instantly, these cards change into the selection. Of course, this could only be an illusion, so the magician casually changes them back into the three random cards. This quick trick plays big and gets bigger reactions.
• Sidetracked: After presenting four Queens, the magician asks for three selections to be made. The Queens then instantly change into the three selections, while the Queens are shown to be the cards set aside.
• A.F.I.: Dorian's take on the classic Inversion effect. A selected card placed back into the deck instantly turns face down. The next time, instead of the card turning over, the whole deck visually turns face up right in front of the spectators' eyes.
• Finders Keepers: The two black Aces are produced, and a card is selected and returned. One at a time, the black Aces vanish. When they are reproduced, they are found to sandwich the selection. The magician then spreads the two black Aces to show they have turned into the four Aces, with the mates to the selection between them.

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