Joshua Jay

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Joshua Jay (* the thirtieth October 1981 in Canton , Ohio ) is a close-up - Magicians from the United States . He won several awards and gave many seminars around the world . He has also released some books and DVDs. He is the founder of the magic shop Vanishing Inc.

Life

Joshua's father showed him a card trick when he was young. After experimenting in his room for a few hours, he came up with the solution. Since that day, Joshua's career has been on the up and in 1998 he was crowned champion at the World Magic Seminar . He was booked in over 50 countries and gave seminars there . He has appeared in front of various politicians and actors and has appeared on the TODAY show , on CNN and on Good Morning America . He performed at the famous The Magic Castle and is the author of two bestselling books that have been translated into five different languages. In MAGIC, the largest magic magazine in the world, he wrote technical articles every month from 2002 to October 2013. In 2009 he was named "International Magician of the Year".

On the entertainment show "Fool Us" broadcast in the USA in 2015, Joshua Jay performed a magic trick, the trick principle of which the presenters Penn & Teller could not understand.

Awards

  • Tannen's International Magicians Competition in New York City
  • Las Vegas World Seminar (Presented by Lance Burton)
  • International Battle of Magicians (twice, 1996 and 1998)
  • Columbus Magic Fest
  • Kleinman Incentive Award, Most Promising Youth (SAM National Convention)
  • Best Published Trick, Award for Creativity (Linking Ring magazine)
  • Youngest magician to write One-Man-Parade (twenty page exposure of original effects) in Linking Ring magazine

Books

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  • Joshua Jay's Magic Atlas (translated into German, French and Japanese)
  • A teens routine
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  • Magic: The Complete Course (Book & DVD)
  • Joshua Jay's Amazing Book Of Cards (Book & DVD)

DVDs

  • Close Up, Up Close: Volumes 1-3
  • Talk About Tricks - 3 DVD Set
  • Methods in Magic - Live in the UK
  • Unreal - 4 DVD set
  • Handpicked design Astonishments Vol 1-3

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.joshuajay.com/#/bio/bio
  2. ^ Vanishing Inc. Magic: Joshua Jay on Fool Us. August 26, 2015, accessed January 18, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Jay, Joshua
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American magician
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Canton , Ohio