Oct. 12, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: LISA WOSKE
(805) 756-7110
Cal Poly Arts Brings David Copperfield to PAC Oct. 26, 27
SAN LUIS OBISPO -- David Copperfield has been hailed by
audiences and critics alike as “the greatest magician in the world.”
On Tuesday and Wednesday, October 26 & 27, 2004, at 5:30 and 8:30
each
night in the Christopher Cohan Center, Cal Poly Arts presents “David
Copperfield: An Intimate Evening of Grand Illusion.”
David Copperfield’s appearance is the first Cal Poly Arts Center
Stage
celebrity event of the new 2004/05 season.
The Los Angeles Times called his show “hilarious...mind-boggling...
emotional.” “Hot...mesmerizing!” declared the New York
Times.
Witty, engaging, and highly entertaining, Copperfield's approach to his
craft has transformed the way the world looks at the ancient art of magic.
Copperfield has “vanished” the Statue of Liberty, walked
through the
Great Wall of China, flown through the air, and made audience members
disappear and re-appear in places they would never expect.
His celebrated feats and sense of theater have garnered Copperfield
dozens of Emmy Awards and led him to be named “Entertainer of the
Year”
twice.
In addition to decades of network television events, sold-out worldwide
tours, and “Dreams and Nightmares" -- the critically-acclaimed
Broadway
show that set box-office records -- Copperfield has been featured on the
cover of Forbes, Architectural Digest, and Esquire magazines.
He is the seventh highest paid entertainer in the world.
Recently, Copperfield joined forces with Dean Koontz, Joyce Carol Oates,
Ray Bradbury and others for “David Copperfield’s Tales of
the
Impossible,” an anthology of original fiction set in the world of
magic
and illusion.
This collection was so well received that a second volume was published,
“David Copperfield's Beyond Imagination.”
Copperfield has been honored with a wax likeness in Madame Toussaud’s
in
London and is the only living illusionist to receive a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame.
He was knighted by the French government, receiving the “Chevalier
of
Arts and Letters” and was recently given an honorary doctorate of
Humane
Letters from Fordham University.
Of all his accomplishments, Copperfield maintains that his greatest work
to date is "Project Magic,” a rehabilitative program established
in
March 1982 to strengthen dexterity and motor skills in disabled
patients, using sleight-of-hand magic as a method of therapy.
“Project Magic” has been accredited by the American Occupational
Therapy
Association and is currently implemented in 1,100 hospitals throughout
30 countries.
In addition to performing, Copperfield has a passion for preserving the
art of magic for future generations. His International Museum and
Library of the Conjuring Arts houses the world's premiere collection of
historical documentation and artifacts pertaining to magic, illusion,
and the allied arts.
Tickets for the Center Stage performances range from $39 - $62 and may
be purchased at the Performing Arts Ticket Office, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
weekdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. To order by phone, call
805/756-2787; to order by fax: 805/756-6088. Order on-line at
www.pacslo.org.
For audio and video samples of Cal Poly Arts events, visit
www.calpolyarts.org.
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