Cody Stone

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Cody Stone (born June 10, 1987 in Hanover as Julian Panczyk ) is a German magician from Hanover, who became known primarily through television appearances on Disney Channel , Kabel eins and Super RTL .

Life

According to his own account, the magician Cody Stone started doing magic when he was seven. His grandfather was one of his biggest supporters at the time, and also the only one who ever performed a magic trick at a family celebration. He made a coin disappear from the eyes of the enthusiastic grandson. From then on, Cody said to himself: “I would like to be able to do something like that too.” Even if his career aspiration was actually a police officer at the time, he enchanted classmates and teachers in the third grade of his elementary school. More magic boxes and books soon followed . At the age of 10 he experienced the great magicians such as David Copperfield , Siegfried & Roy or Hans Klok . The dream of the big show stage and own magic show grew. Already at the age of 12 (in 2000), after several newspaper reports, he was dancing about children's birthdays, street parties, weddings and many other events. Since the end of 2003 he has been performing under the stage name Cody Stone. His grandfather Felix was still a motivator, idea generator and financial supporter. Unfortunately, however, he died suddenly and unexpectedly in May 2005 after one of the greatest successes of his grandson (award for German youth master of magic). Even today, Cody dedicates a very special illusion to his grandpa in his magic show. Cody Stone still lives in the south of Hanover.

TV series and other highlights

At the age of 19, Cody Stone got his own television series Magic Attack in 2006 , which first ran on Kabel 1 and the Disney Channel and later switched to Super RTL. Magic Attack was a street magic television series in which magic and illusions were presented in a fast-paced, sophisticated, and appealing way for a young audience. The 26-part season was recorded in the Cologne area and broadcast in summer that same year. At the same time, Cody was on stage in front of 3,000 magicians from all over the world at the World Magicians' Congress ( FISM ) in Stockholm with his then championship act "The Skater". Since the audience ratings were so good, a second season with 26 episodes was produced in autumn / winter. A total of four seasons were implemented from 2006 to 2010. In 2009 the 9-part series Magic Cody and the Magic Eight was added, in which Cody Stone disappeared from a high-rise building in the final ninth episode, only to reappear several floors below to his viewers in a flash. In "Cody Stone and the Magical Moon" he got support from the "Wizards of Waverly Place". After eight episodes, Cody let himself and a viewer float in the air under a giant moon. In 2010 he worked with Selena Gomez and had her appear on stage in a taxi on the television show The Wizards of Waverly Place fan show . In 2011, Cody hosted the series Let's do Magic with Selena Gomez , in which he was looking for young magicians. In total, Cody Stone starred in over 100 episodes for his television series from 2006 to 2011.

In 2008, Cody Stone made the 12,500 m² Wilhelmstein island disappear from the Steinhuder Meer in the Hanover region in front of a live audience. A camera team on site and a helicopter from above recorded everything.

In October 2010, Cody Stone performed magic in New York's famous Times Square. A year later he was on stage for a week at the Clarion Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas .

In the summer of 2013 Stone performed his PR stunt "Strange", in which he first blindfolded a Jaguar F-Type through a course and then steered a Thai tuk tuk through a city park filled with people.

In “Magic meets Segway”, the world's first and only Segway tour with magic, he presents close up magic, magic and excerpts from his stage show. The tour with him as a magician has been taking place in Hanover since 2014 with an average of six appointments per year.

The TV illusionist has been a welcome guest at “Red Carpet” events for years and regularly enchants VIPs from film and television there.

Since 2014 Cody Stone is with his magic show on average six times a year as a magician and guest artists on cruise ships of AIDA Cruises go. He also appears at company events and is on tour throughout Germany with his "Gadget & Magic" show .

TV appearances (excerpt)

Show format "Gadget Magic"

In the magic format "Gadget Magic", Cody Stone combines curious and extraordinary objects with magic. He claims to be inspired by characters and films such as Inspector Gadget , Iron Man , James Bond or Batman .

Stage shows

  • The guinea pigs (2010-2012)
  • Welcome to my head (2012-2014)
  • Gadget Magic (2014-2017)
  • Gadget & Magic (2017-2019)

Awards (excerpt)

  • 2002: 3rd place Prix Juventa Magica
  • 2004: 2nd place Prix Juventa Magica and special prize
  • 2005: German youth champion of magic
  • 2006: Artist of the year of the trade journal "Künstlermagazin" (according to the homepage)

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personal data
SURNAME Stone, Cody
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Panczyk, Julian (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German magician
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover