Mago Juan Tamariz

No se pierda una velada increiblemente mágica.

Juan, tan célebre en la televisión como en el escenario, presentará su espectáculo una sola noche en español, en el marco de la serie Masters of Magic en Luminato, el festival de Toronto de las Artes y la Creatividad.

El evento tendrá lugar el 17 de Junio de 2010 a las 8 p.m. en el Panasonic Theatre.

Las entradas están disponibles en TicketMaster.ca - 416-872-1111 a $35 y $45.

Para quienes hablan español, es una ocasión única - su única presentación en Norteamérica - de ver y escuchar a este gran maestro en su propio idioma.

Para los que estén aprendiendo español es una perfecta oportunidad de absorber la cultura hispánica.

La actuación de Juan Tamariz está patrocinada por el Consulado General de España.

Juan Tamariz -
biography

Born in Madrid, Spain on October 18, 1942.

Developed the passion for magic at 4 years of age after seeing a magician. Saw many great magicians in the theatres in Spain including Fu Manchu, whose real name was David Bamberg – a English born, American educated, eighth generation Dutch-Jewish magician who became famous in South America as a Chinese magician who spoke Spanish!

At age twelve, started learning magic from books, and then from other magicians – members of the Madrid Magic Circle – whom he met when he was 17. Had many magical mentors including Arturo Ascanio, a gifted amateur magician who articulated and documented the structural underpinnings for constructing and performing magical compositions.

At age 18, after a brief spell with a circus, Tamariz entered university. He studied filmmaking because filmmaking “is magic, invented by magicians.” His study of film and directing taught him many techniques he was later able to apply in the presentation of magic.

Tamariz considered becoming a professional magician, and was encouraged to do so by the Professors at the university. He did not to perform in nightclubs or cabarets – the main venues for magicians at the time. He wanted to only perform in places where people came to see a magician.

He also became more politically active at university and was eventually expelled. It was Franco’s regime. He got a job working in advertising and producing commercials – one a week - but was prohibited from being involved in any other film projects for political reasons. He discovered that some of the techniques he used in making commercials were actually the same he used when he performed magic, particularly misdirection and the psychology of perception. He didn’t like to use these techniques to sell objects so left in 1970 to concentrate on the art of magic.

As there were no real venues for his type of magic – primarily magic performed up close – he led an impoverished life. He spent most of the time reading 800 books on magic. In the mid-1970s, he was invited to perform in Buenos Aires, ended up on television, and was a huge hit. He would go on to make more guest performances on television, particularly in Spanish-speaking countries, than any other performer in history.

In 1973, he won “FISM”, considered the Olympics of Magic. He becomes a co-founder of Editorial Frakson, named in honor of his idol Jose Frakson, a world-renowned Spanish magician. Editorial Frakson publishes Juan’s books, translations of other famous texts, and the books of the magic avant-garde.

He is also the co-founder of Escuela Magica de Madrid, an artistic institution and “School of Thought” dedicated to understanding the psychological and theoretical basis of the magical arts. For the past twenty years, he has been considered the intellectual fountainhead of magic as a performing art.