DavidKwong

Be original. Magic, I think, as a profession suffers from people presenting magic in a cliched way. You can buy a magic trick from a shop and it hands you patter to say as you perform it. Tear that up and throw it out! Come up with an original …

It changes with every project I’m working on. Right now I’m in the throes of THE ENIGMATIST. We’re still getting it to be a well-oiled machine. On February 15th we’re going to launch version 2.0! So I don’t have an exact routine yet, but usually my …

I’ve been doing magic professionally for a decade, but it has always been for cloistered circles — corporate events, private parties and social clubs. This is my first ever publicly ticketed show! Seems to be going well as we sold out January and …

I’ve also loved puzzles and games my whole life. I’ve been solving the NYTimes crossword puzzle daily since I was a teenager. I had my first submission printed just after college. And I realized later in life, when I was 30 years old, that I could …

I’m so happy you found that one! I’ve actually done 2 TED talks and this one wasn’t shared as widely. But like the first, there’s a fun surprise ending. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qCWAsd2GP8 This talk is me expounding on the principles of …

I’m very proud of NOW YOU SEE ME. I worked with a number of magicians on the project, notably Keith Barry and the Buck Twins. Director Louis Leterrier and screenwriter Ed Solomon made magic “safe” for film and television. Studios and networks had …

Like most magicians, I started when I was a little kid, at seven years old. I’ve always been passionate about it, but I didn’t think there was a CAREER in it until much later in life. I don’t know if it was the example set by my two professor …