Price$35.00
Media TypeDVD
CategoryGeneral, Stage
Date AddedJun 29, 2006
Enigmatic Volume 1
Alexander DeCova
(Based on 1 review)
Alex's unconventional ideas for parlour and platform, are audience tested and perfected over many years. His way of avoiding complicated methods by means of ingenious simplicity will keep surprising you.
Watch real avant-garde magic from the non-conformist mind of Europe's best, Alexander de Cova.
ROPING
Featuring an extraordinary jumping knot that's super simple to do.
PREMONITION
The classic effect. Just as effective, Just as strong. Only cleverly simplified. No memory, no indexes...
BEER GAME
Someone else pays for the beer. A very popular trick in Bavaria. Or use juice for the little ones.
MASTER SILKS
Dedicated to the masters. Alexander's handling of the Sympathetic Silks plot is both direct and very deceptive.
STAB IN THE DARK
Seemingly scan a deck for a few seconds and know which cards is missing, then stab it's mate in the dark.
RING-O-CHANGE
Defy the laws of physics. How can a borrowed ring be in two places at the same time? Plays to the largest crowd.
Running Time Approximately 85min
Reviews
(Top ▲)
I like the way Alexander de Cova thinks. On the outside he looks like your everyday ordinary, eccentric, avant-garde Bavarian magician. But underneath that well manicured European exterior resides the mind of… an eccentric, avant-garde Bavarian magician.
In this two part series produced by Magikraft Studios, de Cova puts his spin on several classic effects. All of these accomplished with some not so classic methods.
Enigmatic Volume One:
The first moment of his multi-phase “Roping” really got me! When I saw the explanation I just had to laugh. So simple and yet so gosh darned effective. “Premonition” is a devilishly clever handling of the “Any Card at Any Number” plot that really fried me!
Alexander de Cova collects ideas from past masters and twists them into effects that will definitely find there way into your repertoire.
I can see “Beer Game” playing very well at a cocktail party, but you will have to simplify the presentation. “Master Silks” and “Stab in the Dark” are wonderful as well, but I don’t think their presentation on this video did them justice. Please don’t discount these effects. The ideas and the thinking that went into these routines is what makes them valuable. If you don't actually perform some of these routines I guarantee that you will nick an idea or two and create your own!
Enigmatic Volume Two:
Ah! I forgot about the “Miser’s Dream”. The coin production idea he shares on this DVD is worth the price you will pay for volume two. It is an old idea that we needed to be reminded of. I really liked “Boxed Transposition”. His clever little twist at the end really fooled me. “Porous Plastic” got me off of my feet and into my kitchen for the necessary props. This will find its way into many of our repertoires. “Bean Counter” is a perfect piece of commercial mentalism for the person who is willing to do the work. Forte X and Ground Hog Day both contain some great ideas as well.
The ideas presented in both volumes are wonderful and inspiring. The production of the DVDs in this set is a little on the homemade side. But who cares. What they lack in production values they make up for in eccentric, avant-garde Bavarianisms. I would like to keep some of these ideas for myself. But I can’t, as Martin Lewis has produced these DVDs to sell. I suggest grabbing yourself a couple.
In this two part series produced by Magikraft Studios, de Cova puts his spin on several classic effects. All of these accomplished with some not so classic methods.
Enigmatic Volume One:
The first moment of his multi-phase “Roping” really got me! When I saw the explanation I just had to laugh. So simple and yet so gosh darned effective. “Premonition” is a devilishly clever handling of the “Any Card at Any Number” plot that really fried me!
Alexander de Cova collects ideas from past masters and twists them into effects that will definitely find there way into your repertoire.
I can see “Beer Game” playing very well at a cocktail party, but you will have to simplify the presentation. “Master Silks” and “Stab in the Dark” are wonderful as well, but I don’t think their presentation on this video did them justice. Please don’t discount these effects. The ideas and the thinking that went into these routines is what makes them valuable. If you don't actually perform some of these routines I guarantee that you will nick an idea or two and create your own!
Enigmatic Volume Two:
Ah! I forgot about the “Miser’s Dream”. The coin production idea he shares on this DVD is worth the price you will pay for volume two. It is an old idea that we needed to be reminded of. I really liked “Boxed Transposition”. His clever little twist at the end really fooled me. “Porous Plastic” got me off of my feet and into my kitchen for the necessary props. This will find its way into many of our repertoires. “Bean Counter” is a perfect piece of commercial mentalism for the person who is willing to do the work. Forte X and Ground Hog Day both contain some great ideas as well.
The ideas presented in both volumes are wonderful and inspiring. The production of the DVDs in this set is a little on the homemade side. But who cares. What they lack in production values they make up for in eccentric, avant-garde Bavarianisms. I would like to keep some of these ideas for myself. But I can’t, as Martin Lewis has produced these DVDs to sell. I suggest grabbing yourself a couple.