Dani DaOrtiz: Connected

Benjamin

Excellent

Mohamad Ali

Ivan

Dani really knows how to CONNECT with his audience. Any of his lectures are a must buy full of energy and insight just get them all

Allan

Great material! Dani managed to adapt his magic style very well for online presentations. In my opinion, the good side is that it breaks through the basic standard on most online tricks, which to me used to look too obvious. However, it uses a lot of the principles that Dani already uses usually, so it might not fit perfectly for you, depending on your style, but most of the effects can be adapted. Also, it helps you create based on his ideas.

Gary

I love Dani Da Ortiz magic it just so clever and this is no exception watch Dani has he amazes an audience with some of the best magic you will see. There are so many top class routine here so I'm not going too name them all except to say check out mirror ambitious what a great effect this but every thing my Dani is excellent just sit back and enjoy.

Thomas

This is unbelievable! DANI at its BEST! He is a GENIUS!
I have seen him the first time in Lübeck / Germany at the NORDISCH NOBEL convention. His magic is fantastic, and he is so entertaining! In have already a lot of his great stuff and I am always looking for something NEW from him.

Jake

Sebastian

I'm a big fan of Dani DaOrtiz' magic anyway, but these tricks are so valuable since you can perform them over the internet as intended as well as live for a group. Although most of the tricks aren't technically difficult, performing them will teach you a lot about audience management.
My absolute favorite trick is the oil & water routine: it's an absolute beautiful take on this classic plot.
Overall: You'll get great content for a very good price!

Hector

Excellent well explained video. Most of it can be use by beginner level.

Aaron

Classic DaOrtiz

Arthur Alexander

Mirror Ambitious is my go to virtual trick

Sumer

Mirror Ambitious alone is worth the price of this download. Bravo Dani, amazing as always!!

Jim

Connected - Dani DaOrtiz
$25.00
https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/card-magic-downloads/dani-daortiz-connected/

The Hype:
Here's something as timely as it is fascinating: Dani DaOrtiz has designed an entire collection of ca'rd material...for Zoom performances! In these unusual times, we need hard-hitting material that can be done by video-conferencing remotely, and this material represents the very finest efforts of the master, Dani DaOrtiz. These are tricks that work great live, with people following along with their own cards. But they work EVEN BETTER remotely. You'll see that these are not mere mathematical puzzles, but performance pieces with in-built humor and subtlety. They're so deceptive that you'll fool yourself as you do them. And since the magic is remote...they're entirely self-working. In all, you receive six effects in this download, each one performed and then explained for a "live" remote audience.

Here's what you'll learn:

Oil and Water (in the Spectators Hand) - This routine is SENSATIONAL and just as described. Despite being in different locations, you perform an ENTIRELY deceptive separation of the colors. Yours separate as do the spectator's cards.

Ritual Zoom - Despite choosing a card and a number and going through an extremely fair mixing procedure, Dani locates the spectator's card at their chosen number. The emphasis here is on the total freedom given during the mixing procedure.

Any Card Spelled - You can do this for any number of spectators in a zoom chat. They look at you onscreen as you spread through a deck of cards and think of one. One spectator is nominated and he or she MENTALLY spells their card as you deal through the cards one by one. The thought-of card ends up at the spelled position.

Mirror Ambitious - In this effect a spectator selects a card and mixes it into his own deck in the FAIREST POSSIBLE MANNER. Still, the spectator's card rises to the top.

Interactive Chaotic Coincidence - This is another trick designed to be performed for several spectators over zoom. Everyone follows along with a small packet and finds their own card, based on increasingly zany directions and choices.

Business Zoom Cards - This is one of Dani's most unusual creations. A card selected and lost into a spectator's pack. Dani removes a stack of business cards and each one has a message on the back that eventually leads the spectator their own card. Wow!

My Take:

All I've got to say is thank God for Zoom. So many friends have lost their entire income due to the pandemic. This offers them an opportunity to give virtual lectures or performances and recoup at least a little of that lost cash.

A few years ago, Tony Dunn returned from his annual pilgrimage to Fechter's absolutely raving about this magician he had seen, Dani DaOrtiz. Spain has been a breeding ground for great card magic for quite a while now and while each owes a big debt to Juan Tamariz, they all have created fantastic original magic so I really looked forward to watching this.

One thing I love about Dani is that it is so obvious that he gets great joy out of doing these tricks. On most any other magician, Dani's constant chuckles might prove to be annoying. On Dani, it only adds to his charm. His joy and enthusiasm are infectious.

The entire set is 90 minutes of gold. Of course some of the tricks are stronger than others but every one is easy to do and usable.

Let me tell about some that appealed to me.

Oil and Water (in the Spectator's hand). I have always been a big fan of the plot. (In fact I published a routine a few years ago.) But you don't touch the cards here. The entire routine is in the spectator's hands. Easy to do and packs a punch. I tried it last night online with a magic friend and he loved it. You will, too.

Business Zoom cards - Dani makes use of a version of Automatic Placement. Looks impossible but works each and every time. You make up a set of cards using your business cards. Your spectator follows your directions over Zoom and you use your business cards to prove that your prediction was right. I already have a set of business cards in my pocket.,

Any Card Spelled - In this one, you handle the cards but your spectator makes his decisions. Nice powerful piece.

According to the site, you need to use a program like Zoom or Skype for this to work. In watching the video, I realized that while these routines were designed for Zoom, they are capable of being done face to face in person. So, if you don't have access to Zoom, don't let that scare you off.

This is one the best times I have had watching a video in a long time. Dani's humor, enthusiasm and personality makes this a treat to watch. And I guarantee you will be using one or two of the routines right away. If you do virtual lectures or performances, these will kill your audience. I recommend this very highly.

Henza

What a great download! A steal for this price!
There are some true gems in here and I could not recommend it enough! I agree with the review that says these tricks feel like they are made for Zoom, not just adapted!
Why are you still reading this when you could be buying it!
Once again a quality product from Vanishing Inc!

Garry

A great download by Dani, he is very enthusiastic presentig these card tricks, its very enjoyable to watch, and they are easy to do.

Ziv

This is an amazing download!! all of the tricks are absolute killers, higher recommend!

Julio

Congratulaciones Dani!! Excelente vídeo, por fin un mago aporta a la comunidad mágica material relevante a esta época difícil que nos toca vivir. Con tus trucos nuestras presentaciones por Zoom se verán enriquecidas. Gracias y un fuerte abrazo!
Julio

Marc

WOW! I don´t like card tricks! But I like the magic of Dani and HIGHLY RECOMMEND this download. The tricks are performed soooo clever and mostly easy to do. Tell your spectator during a zoom-conference (hangout/skype/facetime …) to grab a deck of cards and you will leave him/her speechless.
Cleverness beats finger-flicking.
A bargain for that price.

Henrik

New download from Dani! Yes pleaseeee! (It's great, of course. Buy it :D)

Ralph

Andi and Josh kindly gave me a review copy of this download to look at. Here are my thoughts:

Ritual Zoom - Stunning. Fooled me in the performance and I can't wait to try it.

Any Card Spelled - Fooled me too (you'll start to see a theme here). Not usually a fan of spelling tricks but this one is practical, and good.

Mirror Ambitious - For me, this was the highlight. Just watch it and you'll see why.

Oil and Water (in the Spectators Hand) - Very clever. Not really my thing but got a great reaction from the audience.

Interactive Chaotic Coincidence - Love all the chaos and the ending is really impressive.

Business Zoom Cards - I found this to be a really interesting use of a trick I had seen before. Again, method was solid.


Overall, this is stunningly good value. It's an hour and a half long if memory serves correctly. All of the tricks involve the audience. For the first time, it feels like this is a download of tricks that are BETTER on Zoom, not just tricks that have been adapted for Zoom. 10/10

Troy

FINALLY! Been waiting for magic shops to do more of this. Only watched two tricks so far but loving it!!! Thanks.

Sean

This is great stuff! It's sparked an interest in zoom magic for me! Can't wait to give it a go! The reason I gave it 4 stars and not 5 is because his instructions can be quite hard to follow. He talks quite fast and his English isn't the greatest which makes it hard to understand. However Danny is an awesome magician and this project is definitely something I would buy even with this knowledge!

Josh

Dani is an incredible card magician, no doubt! And there’s some insightful, thought-provoking methods on here that will get you thinking about how you approach your online card magic. Dani’s way to perform a pseudo-ACAAN routine that happens in a spectator’s hands over Zoom is worth the price alone! An instant addition to my online repertoire. The other tricks are so and so, sadly, but as I said the methodologies and routine structures are what makes this download shine