About the Fundamental Rules
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1.When making a steal, the visible movement should have a natural motivation.
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2.The big movement masks the smaller, secret movement
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3.When palming an object onstage, there is just a tiny window of a few seconds in which you must either produce the object or add a visible object into the fingers of that hand.
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4.The most deceptive way to steal and palm an object is under the guise of picking up a visible object at the fingertips.
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5.The easiest way to dispose of a secretly palmed object is to discard it under the guise of picking up a visible object at the fingertips.
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6.With only a few exceptions, secretly maneuvering a palmed object from one hand to another is generally a bad idea unless the procedure employs a visible object.
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7.When stealing an object from inside a coat under cover of misdirection, it is far more deceptive to have the object travel to the palming hand than the other way around.
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8.When performing a routine with a repetitious effect, it is far more deceptive if you vary your methods.
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9.Deception can be enhanced by lengthening the time between the secret move and the magical effect.
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10.You should only break these rules, if you fully understand the rules and can offer an intelligent reason for breaking them.
Version as of May 2012
© 2012 Levent Cimkentli, Inc.
Below is a current list of my “Fundamental Rules of Stage Magic”.
At the present time, I have written ten rules. But I believe more rules certainly DO exist. As these rules occur to me, I will add them to the list.
Levent’s Fundamental Rules of Stage Magic:
