![]() Everyone’s show is shut down right now, so everyone is in the same same situation, including the big names. Every week, we meet a new magician, someone who’s been on Penn & Teller, or another member of the Society of American Magicians, or David Copperfield himself. They also bring in guests to speak to us and inspire us. I did take the obligation of the mage, and that’s my oath on not to give up secrets and to use magic in good faith.īut we meet online and they teach us magic. ![]() Well, first off, I had to be initiated as a member, so there’s only so much I can tell you. It’s like our Super Bowl for magicians.īack to the magic school, what does a typical day of that look like? The idea is to get on the show and create a magic act that’ll fool Penn and Teller. It’s great for your career as a magician, because there’s not a whole lot of national stages and televised opportunities for magicians, and this is one of the big ones. This new opportunity is for Penn and Teller. They were like, “well, we don’t know if we can show your butt on TV.” It really got down to whether or not they can let let the audience see my butt. I never made it to an audition recorded on stage because they couldn’t figure out if they wanted to have me. So I went through that process and kind of sped through the front of the line, getting pretty far behind the scenes. A casting director approached me about being on America’s Got Talent. When I was doing the naughty magic show, I was getting a lot of popularity for it. Tell me a little bit more about that opportunity. I actually just auditioned for Penn & Teller: Fool Us. But during my time off, it gave me a chance to sort of like, go back to my roots, relearn about myself and who I am and what I like to perform. I haven’t been doing a whole lot of in-person stuff. I returned to Dallas College and went ahead and enrolled in the only magic school in the world, The Magic & Mystery School. I just wanted to get better at writing and just, learning, so I put myself back in a student position. I could go to these other places.” And that’s how I get my magic out there. All of a sudden I’m appearing on like, Texas Today - I did a little segment for them on their on their NBC show, so all of a sudden, I’m like, “Oh, wow, I’m virtual, I’m all over the place. I ended up placing in the top 100 of this worldwide, cyber magic competition. So everybody just hit the books and we started pulling out all that old stuff like mentalism. There’s so many great magicians from the past that have already been doing this like David Copperfield, Jim Steinmeyer - these guys have all been doing magic on TV, where you touch the screen and that kind of stuff. All magicians had to learn how to do no-touch magic. What does a virtual magic show look like and how have you had to adapt your craft during all this? So it was nice to get the support from the Deep Ellum 100 and be able to put together something. I felt like my creative space had been taken away from me. It helped me feel like I still had a place to perform because I took a big hit when I lost my magic parlor. I set up a home studio and started doing my magic online. You know, the pandemic, so I’m in this new place in my life now. We spoke to Ruiz about what his show entails, as well as the other things he’s been up to, magic school and wanting to look like a wizard. ![]() His first-ever solo show, “Confetti Eddie and the Mystery of the Two Headed Jaguar” will run on January 23 and January 30 at Four Day Weekend in Lower Greenville. This month, Ruiz is performing in-person to a public crowd for the first time since August of 2021. He’s been putting that grant to use by building up his act while facing the challenges brought on by the loss of a shopfront. A one-of-a-kind space, the loss made Deep Ellum noticeably less…well, magical.Ī staple performer and figure in the community, Ruiz was deserving of one of Deep Ellum 100’s grants. He had occupied the space for 26 years, initially as an art gallery but later transitioning it to a venue for magic shows in 2007. In May of 2020 Edward Ruiz, better known as Confetti Eddie, closed his magic parlor. While The World Seems To Have Never-Ending Tricks Up Its Sleeve, This Dallas Performer Won’t Let Anything Diminish His Magic.
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