"Formidable"

Juan Tamariz, The Maestro of Magic (Madrid)

"Boris is a great artist with many original ideas... Refreshing, charming and inspirational!"

Jeff McBride, International performer extraordinaire (Las Vegas)

Boris Wild is an international magician, author and lecturer based in Paris. He is one of the most renowned French magicians in the world. His creativity and original approach of magic allow him to perform in the most prestigious places of the five continents such as "The Magic Castle" in Hollywood where he has already performed more than 200 shows.

He is a French Champion of Magic and a Grand Prix Winner at the FFAP French Championships. He is a Monte Carlo Magic Stars Award Winner and a FISM Winner in card magic.

He has appeared on many French and international TV shows including "Le Plus Grand Cabaret du Monde" (five appearances), "Magic Show at the Lido", "Magic Night at the Paradis Latin", "Champions of Magic" (USA), "International Close-up Show" (China) and "Magic Castle 2018" (Japan).

He has been featured in the photo exhibition "The World's Greatest Magicians" at FISM in Stockholm.

He has been the Guest of Honor and MVP Award recipient at the FFFF Convention, the most prestigious gathering of close-up magicians in the world.

Join us for Boris' first Alakazam Online Academy where you will witness firsthand the strength and impact of the effects and routines that has made his name synonymous with quality magic worldwide. You will learn original material and approaches that are certainly off the beaten track and that will elevate all of the magic you perform to truly another level. This is NOT to be missed!

DAY ONE

This course focuses on Boris Wild's marked deck and how to turn card tricks into miracles with cards. Boris explains how and why his deck has fooled thousands of people all over the world for the last 20 years. He covers the concept of the deck, easy applications, simple effects and more elaborated routines combining its marked deck with other principles. Boris also shows you how you can improve your own routines with the marked deck, how it can save you in the most troublesome situations and how useful it can be when it comes to jazz with cards. From memory feats to impossible card revelations, super clean predictions and cards at numbers, Boris will teach some of his favourite effects with his marked deck so you too can fool your spectators!

DAY TWO

As a FISM winner and creator of modern classics such as The Kiss Act, Boris Wild is renowned all over the world for his original and creative card magic. This course allows you to learn some of Boris's pet routines that he has been performing in the most prestigious places of the world such as The Magic Castle for the last two decades. Boris teaches you his personal takes on some beloved classics such as the Ambitious Card, Do As I Do, Triumph, Wild Card, Four ace production or Open Prediction. Throughout the course, you also learn techniques that Boris created for his effects and how to use them to make your magic even stronger. Finally, as an award winner and Chairman of the close-up jury at FISM, Boris shares with you his work and thinking on how to make your acts and routines even more original and creative whether you do close-up or stage, for either a future competition or just to stand out from the other magicians.