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David Stone

ARTIST  MAGICIAN

 

STUDIES

Master (maîtrise) in Philosophy.  Faculty of Picardie « Jules Verne ».

80 000. AMIENS. Septembre 1995

LICENCE of Philosophy. June 1994.

D.E.U.G in Philosophy and social sciences. Option in Psychology. June 1993

BACCALAUREAT in Arts and Mathematics. Mention AB. June 1991.  

 

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

From 1997      - Professional magician

                      - Co-producer of magic videos aimed at professional magicians and enlightened amateurs (cf. videos).

                      - Author of 5 Lectures Notes on general magic in Close-up or on stage, and an approach on "Table Hopping", for working in restaurants. Translated and available in french and english.                     

                       - Magician of La Voile Rouge, St- Tropez.( June to September ). 

From 1996      - Active participation at the Anim’ Expo, organisation specialised in personalised magic on public and commercial products( for trade fairs, advertising...

                       - Interactive magician of Radio France Picardie, live with listeners from 12 - 12.30. (1995 - 1996)

                       - November 1996 :  Awarded the Grand Prix Amphora. Las Tunas, Cuba.

                       - March 1996 : Awarded the Grand Prix de La Colombe d’Or ( The Gold Dove ) , Antibes / Juan les Pins.

From 1995      - Work and publish with the principal magazines specialising in magic : Arcane, Le Magicien, Imagik, L’illusionniste, La Gazette Abracadabrante, La Revue de la Prestidigitation (cover), Magicus (cover), l' Enchanteur (cover) , Qui Magia  (Italie), Channel One (USA), Zauber (Allemagne)...

                      - November 1995 :  Awarded the Grand Prix Diavol. French Championship from the Lyon Group.

 

In 1991            - began a self-taught apprenticeship but already professional in Stage and Close-up magic. Cabarets, Christmas parties, Circus ( Albert Rancy ), Trade fairs...

 

VIDEOS

     - * Basic Coin Magic Volume 1 (Stéphane Jardonnet Productions)

            Step-by-step teaching on Coin magic.  Best-seller in France. Available in french and in english.

     - * Coin Magic volume 2 (Stéphane Jardonnet Productions/ David Stone)

            Designed for coin magic fanatics most of all. Available in french and in english.

      - Génération Imagik n° 2  (Joker Deluxe Productions )

            This video brings together the 5 most popular french magicians. David Stone is alongside Sylvain Mirouf ( France 2 channel ), Bruno Copin ( France 3 channel ), Carlos Vaquéra ( RTBF channel ) and Boris Wild ( Sky Rock radio ). Available in french

     David Stone’s Fabulous close-up Lecture

            “Live” video on the lecture performed by David Stone in London during the famous English congress “International Ron McMillan Convention”, the 3rd of December, 1999. Available in english

 * Coproduction and distribution of videos available in Magic shops and in Europe ( France, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Denmark), USA, Australia and Asia ( HongKong, Japan, Corea, Singapour ).

LANGUAGES

English :  Competent level in writing, reading and speaking

Spanish : a 9 minutes close-up act.

DIVERSE

                        Supervision in an area targeted for special help in education (Lycée professionnel MERU,Oise). February 1995 - August 1997.  

LEISURE PURSUITS

                        Sport, literature (French and English), Comedy, Cinema and the Cannes Festival, Photography and Videos.

 

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