- And you're going to tour in Switzerland... - Sure. - You know why I say that: because the next act comes from Switzerland. You told me you loved his performence! -Yes, I loved it, his name is Pierric, he's a World Champion of Magic. -This young man is the World Champion of close-up Magic at FISM in 2015 - And he has a off-the-wall humor! He's really very surprising. - We really loved his performence - It's no ordinary magic. - No, it isn't! Are you here, Pierric? - Yes, I'm here! Good evening every one! - So you're the world champion of close-up magic! - Yes, I am. Thank you for mentionning it again and I'm going to perform the act that... - Yes, but please do it quickly. I know Swiss people are slow but here we don't have time. - Well, my act is ten minutes long... - That's impossible. You'll have to do it in five! - I thought, since I'm the World Champion, I could have more time... No? Ok I understand, it's television... So: five minutes! Hi, I'm going to show you three tricks: a card trick, a coin trick, and finally the cups and balls on a poem by Victor Hugo. But first: the cards! The deck is well shuffled, I don't know the order of the cards. Some fancy cuts. Thank you... And then: an ace! It gets better! Some more cuts. Nothing to worry A second ace! - So you're the World Champion?... - Well, can I start all over? Because I want everything to be perfect for Le Plus Grand Cabaret... And since I'm a professionnal, I came with another deck of cards! We still have time! Hi, I'm going to show you three tricks: a card trick, a coin trick and finally the cups and balls on a poem by Victor Hugo. But first: the cards! The deck is well shuffled, I don't know the order of the cards. Some cuts... No, we don't have time for the cuts, I'll just remove the cards from the deck. Ace of hearts... As you can see the deck is well shuffled... Ace of clubs... I don't know the order of the cards... Ace of diamonds... and... Sometimes the last ace get stuck. The ace of spades and the rest of the ... Can I start all... ? No worry, I have a third deck. Hi, I'm going to show you three tricks: A card trick, a coin trick and finnally the cups and balls on a poem by Victor Hugo. But first the cards... No, the coins are for later, sorry... I start all over. Don't worry I still have another Sorry, I know I have another deck of cards somewhere... If I still have time... Where's my? Anyway, we don't have time for the cards anymore. That's new... I can roll up my sleeves! The other one, too. Nothing above. No really, nothing around! God, we don't have time for this! Can you...? No. Well, I'll try to do it this way. Hi, I'm going to show you TWO tricks: A coin trick and finally the cups and balls on a poem by Victor Hugo. But first: the...coins... Sorry, I can't work in these conditions. I'll figure out a way to solve this... I think it's ok, but let me check. Oh there are the cards! But I don't have time for the cards... But maybe I do... Do I have two minutes? I'll do everything in two minutes! The deck is well shuffled. Some cuts... No, we don't have time... The four aces... no, never mind, any four cards. So, now I can perform my coin trick! A coin in each corner, I'll cover the coins with the cards and I'll snap my fingers and then when I lift up the cards, all the coins will have gather here. Now, there's nothing between the cards. and the values of the cards are important: A nine, a seven, a ten and... We don't have time, so I'll only do the ending. So that leaves me time enough for my finale: the cups and balls on a poem by Victor hugo. Please... Well etc. There are three cups, It's an old trick, the Egyptians use to... blababla One cup can go through the other... I won't do all the stuff... So three cups and a small red ball... Ah there it is. Now you have to guess where... But since we don't have time, I'll only do the ending, where a big ball appears here, And here some rice... Here we have nothing, which is quite impressive, Here a bigger ball and then an orange... and we could continue, but... That's right, we don't have time... Now, time's up! - There you have it. His name is Pierric and he's completely crazy! What an original act! What is really wonderful is not only his great skill as a magician, but also the idea he had to put everything together in a completely original way.
That. Was. Fantastic.
If you're into manipulation and this style of magic check out his penguin lecture, it's wonderful.
If anyone tries to argue magic is not an art form, show them this clip.