Is it possible for a man to walk through the whirling blades of an industrial fan, or a woman to be folded inside a small 12 inch box?
Is it possible for a person to defy the laws of gravity or to escape from a water-filled container?
Those questions will be answered April 19 at Northshore Performing Arts Center by the elaborate illusions and special effects of Spencers Theatre of Illusion, one of the largest touring illusion shows on the road today.
This large, high-tech show also brings drama, comedy, romance and suspense to the stage and invites audience participation, touching their viewers’ inquisitive minds. Working with some of the leading creators and inventors in the magic industry, the Spencers show features illusions that will take you on a roller coaster ride of emotions-and keep you on the edge of your seat.
The Spencers have been described by the media as “modern day Houdinis.” Kevin Spencer has been mesmerizing audiences for more than a decade. The charismatic performer banters, bargains, and frolics with the audience, knowing that at any moment mouths will drop, breaths will be suspended and minds will desperately attempt to explain and understand what they are seeing — or what they think they are seeing. Cindy Spencer completes the Spencer partnership. She is the first woman to be recognized for her contributions to the art of magic by the International Brotherhood of Magicians in a feature article and a cover of “The Linking Ring.”
Since 1984, the Spencers have been involved in a special program called the “Healing of Magic,” where people who have experienced strokes, accidents, spinal cord or head injuries, learning or developmental disabilities, visual deficits, psycho-social disorders, or who have problems with alcohol or other drug abuse, learn magic tricks as a healing tool. Through their efforts, new treatment modalities are being explored and used to effectively improve the everyday skills of people who have been labeled “disabled” by society, by learning to do something that “able-bodied” people cannot do.
The concepts of “Healing of Magic” have been approved by the over 50,000 members of the American Occupational Therapy Association and have been featured in a number of publications such as Health Care, The Washington Post, the New York Times, the American Medical News Journal, and Health magazine.
For more information on the Spencers and their Theatre of Illusion visit www.spencersmagic.com.
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