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This is El Rey De La Magia, bitcoin knots established in 1881 and the oldest magic store in Spain.Soon just before Gaudi commenced function on the Segrada Familia, Joaquin Portagas turned intrigued with the planet of illusion. Soon after a vacation to South The us the place he discovered some new tips and methods, he decided to take a entire-time step into the magic world and opened El Rey de la Magia, a courageous step at a time when only a couple of men and women recognized and practiced the illusionist's artwork. At that time magic was primarily executed on road corners, in marketplaces and bars - it would not grow to be genuinely well-known until finally the 1930's, when it finally entered the theatres and turned a key passion.
In the shop, and the small museum of magic close by, posters likely back again to the early a long time of the final century market the popular magicians of the day, a quantity of them dressed in flowing Chinese robes. The vibrant costumes have been witnessed as quite exotic when they very first appeared, and aside from - there was a lot of room to cover issues!In 1933 the first magic group in Spain was started in Barcelona, the Asociación Catalana Illusionistas - and met in Quatro Gats, the exact same café the place Picasso, Joan Miró and other artists, writers and poets would fulfill. Magic was seen by several as portion of the arts in people days.By the time José Maria Martinez took over the shop the magic business experienced been in drop for a amount of many years - there was even talk of converting the house into a bar. At that time he and his wife, Rosa Maria Llop, were expert actors but incorporated magic in their specially created performances, something they even now do these days.Magic is now a really well-known hobby yet again, and even though most men and women quite like the really grand David Copperfield-type illusions, it's still the near-up, much more personal stage performances that men and women actually choose. And you will not get much much more shut-up and personal than the performances held at their little theatre, where toddlers to granddads goggle in awe at the 'magical' Sunday shows.The theatre is element of a museum of historic magic props (in which you can see Rosa's grinning head mysteriously suspended in a glass situation), but in the workshop under, José Maria performs devising new tips for consumers globe-vast, though in the planet of magic nothing at all really changes.
Essentially magic is described by a few rules - levitation, altering color, form or location, and breaking anything apart and putting it collectively once more. Even if you are chopping someone's head off you even now have to place it back again once again or where's the magic? There isn't really - it is then identified as murder!The most important thing in magic is producing the real truth of something that isn't going to exist. That will come down to approach, you need to have to concentrate the public's consideration exactly where you want it. A single of the most tough illusions to do is levitation due to the fact it requirements about 4 minutes to established up, in entire general public look at, and four minutes is a extremely extended time for a magician to stand on phase and do practically nothing.