Facts About Illusionists

Illusionists will trick the senses of their audience with a mixture of distractions meant to draw the attention away from their quick hands and fingers. An illusionist will perform magic tricks that are designed to shock their audiences with amazement and awe. A famous illusionist is David Copperfield.

• The key to an illusionist's act is timing.  The illusions have to be performed quickly.


• Music, smoke, sound effects and help from the assistant are all used to make the tricks more spectacular.


• Famous stage illusionists are David Copperfield and Siegfried & Roy.


• David Copperfield combines the art of storytelling with illusion and he adopted his stage name when he was 18 years old.


• Siegfried & Roy are two German-American illusionists that use colorful outfits, music and white tigers to perform on stage.


• Impressions are created in the minds of the audience. The illusionist can read minds and control other people's minds, this is called mentalism.


• Using magic along with mathematics is known as mathemagic.


• Getting out of confinement or restraints is called escapology.


• Mimes are illusionists that act upon an unseen object like climbing invisible stairs and leaning against walls that are not there.


• A ventriloquist uses a dummy to make the audience think the dummy is talking by throwing his voice.


• The illusionist performs for the audience by staging tricks that seem impossible to accomplish.


• People who perform illusions are called illusionist or magicians.


• Some of illusionists are referred to by the type of magic that they present to the audience. 


• Conjurors, mentalists and escape artists are examples of illusionist.