Luna de Verano

A regular segment from Luna De Verano involves looking back on particular genres of magic performance through history, including old and rare film footage. This episodes segment focuses on magicians and mentalists who performed demonstrations while blindfolded. 

Hans & Helga Moretti perform a visually striking adaptation of the classic "Broom Suspension".

Luna De Verano was a television program produced in spain for Canal Sur in 1990. We would like to thank Juan Tamariz and Luis Piedrahita for making this content available. 

Juan Tamariz performs a piece of close-up mentalism matching chosen ESP cards.

Luna De Verano was a television program produced in spain for Canal Sur in 1990. We would like to thank Juan Tamariz and Luis Piedrahita for making this content available. 

French magician Gaëtan Bloom performs his celebrated act, which was presented over four thousand times during his fifteen years performing at the Crazy Horse Saloon in Paris.

In addition to the classic "Six Card Repeat", Juan Tamariz demonstrates his tremendous "Animal Magnetism", a series of strength demonstrations associated with the "Little Georgia Magnet." 

Gaëtan Bloom performs a piece of mentalism (sort of) in French (sort of) while Juan Tamariz translates for his Spanish audience (sort of).

Miguel Aparicio, a magician from Granada, performs magic with jumbo playing cards including cutting to the four kings and the production of a royal flush. He also performs a version of Brother John Hamman's "The Signed Card" (The Secrets of Brother John Hamman by Richard Kaufman.)

Reflecting on the history of magic and its allied arts, Juan Tamariz explores the history of automata — complex sculptures animated by clockwork mechanisms. 

Sitting in the Saloon of the Luna De Verano set, Juan Tamariz and Pepe Carroll demonstrate a variety of methods for cheating at poker.