The Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao–Taiwan Magic Festival opens

The long-awaited Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao–Taiwan Magic Festival

opened yesterday, the 18th.

7：55PM

The audience takes their seats

waiting for the gala to begin.

The opening gala that evening was a fine one.

After the organisers’ remarks,

Liu Dachuan, from Taiwan,

performed his prize-winning act.

Unlike his earlier version,

this one added more visual effects.

A pair of sisters from Gansu

performed a striking quick-change act.

A two-person quick-change

also demands close timing between the pair.

The duo from Shenzhen,

Aihemai and Zuli,

working with large apparatus,

told a love story on stage.

Chen Jinghong, also from Taiwan,

had prepared his FISM act,

but without his partner present

performed his Japan Sea championship act instead.

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It was no less watchable.

Jia Wanying, from Dalian,

is said to be a junior of Ma Yanyan.

Her finale featured an outsized lollipop.

Luo Feixiong, long experienced,

took the stage himself

and performed his act.

Children in the audience were eager at the sight of the balloon hats.

Leung Ka-chun, a magician from Hong Kong,

performed a human three-cup routine.

Why “human” three cups?

The photograph explains it.

It is as outsized as it looks.

The closing act

was by Hu Linglong and An Na of Shenzhen,

who staged a jungle-adventure piece.

Also on the programme were

From

Taiwan

Wuhan

Dalian

acrobatic acts.

The gala was a strong one throughout:

the acrobatics were demanding,

and the magic came one piece after another.

After the opening,

the coming days bring

the stage newcomers’ showcase,

the close-up newcomers’ showcase,

Theory symposium

Magic lecture

and the editors will keep reporting from the site.

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