Howard Hamburg is a magical legend. Known to be particularly secretive, yet he now shares more than 60 years of magical experience with you. He experienced the golden age of the Magic Castle in Hollywood and was a personal friend of Dai Vernon and Charlie Miller, and now shares many fascinating anecdotes with you. As if you were there! In this episode, he tells you about the time Dai Vernon is supposed to have missed his trick, and against all odds, he succeeded! “I never miss!”  

Howard Hamburg shares an anecdote from his time with Dai Vernon "The Professor" while they were waiting for Ray Grismer outside the Magic Castle one evening.  

Open discussion with Gaetan Bloom, Alexandra and Dominique Duvivier. The three protagonists will evoke their memories and anecdotes concerning great "Masters of Magic": Frank Garcia ("The Man With The Million Dollar Hands"), Freddy Fah, Fred Kaps and Philippe Fialho.  

Laurent Beretta develops his approach to improve his performances by mixing the different existing artistic disciplines, allowing him to enrich the magical worlds he creates during his shows.  

Vito Lupo, magician performing artist, creative consultant, and lecturer, born in New York City, where the “arts” were a natural atmosphere for the training, development and inspiration of Lupo’s work. His commitment, dedication and discipline to the “Arts” has provided Vito with a unique awareness in the theatrical arts including visual and psychological applications in contemporary performance magic. He was the first American to receive First Place at FISM at the age of 18 years old. It’s a friendship that has lasted for 50 years between Dominique and Vito.  

Freddy Fah (1916-1998) is one of the greatest French magicians of the 1950s and one of Dominique Duvivier's mentors. His wife and stage partner, Yvette Fah, made a point of entrusting Dominique Duvivier with some video archives, which you can enjoy exclusively today. Dominique Duvivier himself comments on these very rare images to share with you the thrill he experienced with this exceptional artist.  

Not that I've become a virtuoso, but I'm trying! Here I develop the 10,000 hours theory of Malcolm Gladwell who studied the greatest artists: how did they get to this level? What is the difference between a very good and a virtuoso? A handful of hundreds of hours of training! Once this milestone is passed, miracles can happen!  

What a beautiful subject! And so vast... If you want to learn from Eric's experience in this field, watch this interview which is extremely rich in secrets. How do you tell a story? To whom can it be told? Why tell a story? And how to tell it? Thirty minutes to get to know the world of this giant of French magic and learn how to ask yourself the right questions before putting together your own show.  

Howard Hamburg is a magical legend. Known to be particularly secretive, yet it is with you that he now shares more than 60 years of magical experience. He, who experienced the golden age of the Magic Castle in Hollywood and was a personal friend of Dai Vernon and Charlie Miller, shares many fascinating anecdotes with you. As if you were there! In this episode, he tells you why Dai Vernon always called him Howar! And not Howard!  

Howard Hamburg is a magical legend. Known to be particularly secretive, yet it is with you that he now shares more than 60 years of magical experience. He, who experienced the golden age of the Magic Castle in Hollywood, was a personal friend of Dai Vernon and Charlie Miller, among others, and shares many fascinating anecdotes with you. As if you were there! If you want to know a little bit about Dai Vernon, known as "The Professor" and his legend, listen to this story! All the legends of magic are there : Michael Skinner, Charlie Miller, Johnny Thompson, Larry Jennings... it makes you dream !  

The principle: a picture of a magician is shown, and the people present have a freewheeling discussion about what it evokes in them. Today, three protagonists: Gaetan Bloom, Alexandra and Dominique Duvivier, who share their memories, anecdotes and real-life stories about these great figures of magic. The pictures of the day: Philippe Fialho, André Mayette, Derek Dingle and Dominique Webb. Not to be missed under any circumstances!  

The principle: a picture of a magician is shown, and the people present have a freewheeling discussion about what it evokes in them. Today, three protagonists: Gaetan Bloom, Alexandra and Dominique Duvivier, who share their memories, anecdotes and real-life stories about these great figures of magic. The pictures of the day: Dai Vernon, Howard Schwarzman, Walter Zaney Blaney and Gaetan Bloom. Not to be missed under any circumstances!  

You are about to discover a tradition of the Double Fond: for many years, all our "event" shows were followed by an informal discussion with the artists. After the curtain fell, the artists would return to the stage to share a simple moment of exchange with the audience. It was a much appreciated moment, which gave everyone the opportunity to ask questions, to glean some professional advice, to learn more about any subject... That's also the magic of the Double Fond! In this case, this discussion took place in 2004 after the show "Intimiste 1" with Dominique Duvivier. After the show, Alexandra had joined her father for this moment of exchange with the audience. Unfortunately the quality of the sound is not good, but the subjects discussed are fascinating. Enjoy the show!  

Exceptional document: Alexandra and Dominique Duvivier at the AFAP Convention in Perpignan in 1999: the show and an extract from the lecture.  

The principle: a picture of a magician is shown, and the people present have a freewheeling discussion about what it evokes in them. Today, three protagonists: Gaetan Bloom, Alexandra and Dominique Duvivier, who share their memories, anecdotes and real-life stories about these great figures of magic. The two photos of the day: Otto Wessely, and Albert Goshman. Not to be missed under any circumstances!  

Open discussion with Laurent Beretta, Alexandra and Dominique Duvivier. The three protagonists will discuss different themes, subjects, ideas, etc... magical or not.