Originally Posted by
Leisesturm
I see. When I have more time I may finish the video (which I obviously did not) but it appears that there is no magic here. Only lots of talent, practice and more practice. Its the same thing that allows gymnasts and circus performers to do what they do. Not taking anything away from the artist in question.
Not sure what you mean by "no magic" because success in all performing arts almost always requires "talent, practice and more practice." To paraphrase Arthur C. Clarke, at some point the results of talent, practice and more practice may be indistinguishable from magic. Start at 4:15 of this video for an example:
My mind also went to circus performers as well on seeing this. An example:
I also thought there must have been vaudeville acts as well at one time, did a little searching and came up with these. Obviously, in vaudeville, the act was played more for laughs: