The 1991 FISM gold-medal winning act of Jean-Pierre Vallarino， ‘Champagne.’ More recently， one may have caught Vallarino on the World’s Greatest Magic television show performing his exquisite manipulation act done close up. Watching Vallarino is like watching a ballet of the hands. This may be the most important thing the viewer can take from this video – the beauty and importance of carefully choreographing your actions and hand movements. Vallarino focuses his close-up ballet on cards， coins， and champagne glasses which are produced along the way.

 

The act consists of three parts. The first opens with a stunning change of a card to a coin， a one coin sequence， change of the coin to a jumbo coin， change of the jumbo coin to a bill， and the change of the bill back to the single card. Of particular interest is a change of a bill into a signed card while the bill is clipped and isolated at the end of a pen.

The second sequence focuses on cards and coins: a production of 4 coins， a vanish of the 4 coins， their instant appearance under a card， reverse matrix with one card and 4 coins， production of a glass of champagne， a change of the coins into a deck of cards.



Finally， Vallarino focuses on a deck of cards with a double production of two glasses of champagne to end his act. Included are a couple of deceptive card controls.



This video was originally shot in 1994 by Videonics and has been digitized for re-release. Vallarino’s explanations are in French but are very clear and well translated into English.

Vallarino teaches an important lesson in elegance and choreography of the hands and props. Here is a chance to learn some lessons that will make your magic better no matter what your style while enjoying the gold medal award-winning close-up act of Jean-Pierre Vallarino.