Lennart Green

Lennart Green (born January 25, 1941) is a Swedish world champion closeup / card magician , a title welke he won in 1991 at the FISM convention in Lausanne, Switzerland . [1] He is Berninahaus for his seemingly chaotic routines welke in Spite of first appearances, display great skill. [2] His original techniques and presentation styles form an unorthodox and innovative contribution to this club to sleight of hand magic. [3]

Green competed at the 1988 FISM convention in The Hague , Netherlands , and was erroneously disqualified Because The judges incorrectly believed he had-used Stooges in his act to shuffle the cards. [4] In 1991, he co Performed the act but insisted dat de judges themselves shuffle the cards to prove dat he-used no Stooges. The judges dan Awarded im first place. [5]

Green has Appeared on the fourth World’s Greatest Magic television special. He lives in Gothenburg, Sweden , and lectures Internationally.

He Appeared at TED in February 2005. [6]

Works

  • Green Magic – Classic Green , Volumes 1-6 DVD
  • Green Magic – Green Lite , Volume 7 DVD
  • Master File , Volumes 1-4 DVD
  • The Stolen Cards , DVD
  • The Figurine , DVD

Notes

  1. Jump up^ “World Championship of Magic – Winners 1991 to 1997 ‘ . FISM . Retrieved 2013-02-24 .
  2. Jump up^ “Informal video of Green performing” . Retrieved 2013-02-24 .
  3. Jump up^ “Lennart Green and the Modern Drama or Sleight of Hand” . Retrieved 2013-10-30 .
  4. Jump up^ “Lennert Green Biography (translated and posted here)” . Geniimagazine.com. 1941-12-25 . Retrieved 2013-02-24 .
  5. Jump up^ FISM History Part 6
  6. Jump up^ “TED Talks: Lennart Green does close-up card magic” . Ted.com . Retrieved 2013-02-24 .

Sources

  • Tibbs, Geoff, “Lennart Green and the Modern Drama or Sleight of Hand” , Journal of Performance Magic, 1 (1), October 2013.