Black Art Magic

Black Art is old style of magic that is rarely performed these days. The more high-tech effects have taken it’s place but it is still an art, and a style that you may want to play with from time to time. The beauty of black art is that the sky is the limit in terms of your creativity. Here is the premise, but just let your imagination run wild and who knows what you can create!

The whole idea of black art is that the stage has to be completely black, which means black backdrop, black floor, etc. And everything that the magician does not want to be seen on stage is also in black. Lighting is key in this art and the dimmer the better. The magician should be in white, and perfectly visible to the audience, as well as any props that the magician wants to be seen. Any props that the magician would like to produce should be produced out of something black as to appear to come out of thin air. So assistants can be all over the stage in black, carrying props, and they appear to be floating. Sawing a woman in half can be manipulated in an eerie way with the use of this technology.

The most fun is to make something or someone appear to be flying across stage. This is easy to do in the black art style. Even the magician at the end of the act can appear to fly off stage with the use of assistants dressed head to toe in black.

If you want to make this effect even more dramatic…use a “black light”, which is a U.V. light. This light makes all things white actually glow! Making it even harder to see the black things. This makes your black art extremely effective.

To make it even more eerie, do this part of your performance in complete silence, or only some strange music. The audience will feel like they are watching some old black and white movie.

When you try this make sure to video your performance so that you get to see what the audience saw. This can help you make any necessary changes and adjustments.

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