David Blaine White is an American illusionist who has attracted the attention of the public with his risky tricks and miracles, including: "burial" alive in a plastic container, freezing in ice, imprisonment without food for 44 days in a box above the Thames surface.
David does a lot of "street magic", showing tricks in front of passers-by, causing admiration and surprise of the public. A documentary film was made about his work, titled “David Blaine. Reality or Magic. " Blaine is considered by many to be the greatest wizard of our time.
Childhood
The boy was born in America in the spring of 1973. His mother, an emigrant from the USSR, of Jewish nationality, worked as a teacher at a school, and his father, who was born in Puerto Rico, was a military man. When David was still just a child, his parents divorced, and soon his mother remarried, and the family moved to New Jersey, where Blaine went to study.
In his memories, the boy often returned to the time when his mother taught him card tricks, which delighted the child. He certainly wanted to learn how to do magic in front of everyone, as his mother did, and soon began to independently master the art of tricks and illusion.
Soon, the boy could independently arrange mini-performances on the street, showing tricks to passers-by, for which he received his first money. He gave them to the family, which helped his parents a lot, because David's earnings at that time were already decent.
What, apart from doing tricks, the teenager was engaged, no one knows, as well as about his education. But the creative biography of the illusionist began very early.
Tricks and "Street Magic"
Having learned card tricks, Blaine decided that he would certainly become a famous and famous illusionist. He early begins to travel to cities, earning his craft, and after a while he goes to Haiti, where he demonstrates the art of a magician at one of the competitions.
For several years, David continues to train and gain experience. Soon there was a presentation of his program in Las Vegas, where the magician demonstrated his unique capabilities to the public. He read minds from a distance, brought birds to life and performed many other amazing tricks. After the performance, the entire corridor of the hotel, where the young magician and his mother stayed, was lined with flowers, to which were attached enthusiastic notes from his admirers. The success was overwhelming and almost instantaneous, the owners of the local casino helped to open the theater of illusion for the young man. When David was 24 years old, his first show "Street Magic" appeared on television, which was a huge success with the audience.
Blaine became one of those who challenged Copperfield himself, who admitted that David really defies fate and does what even the great Houdini himself would not have dared to do. The fact is that Blaine decided to do the trick that became one of the most famous of his career - "burying" alive in a plastic container. He spent 7 days in captivity without food and drank only a third of a glass of water a day. Thousands of spectators followed the appearance of the magician after the "burial".
A year later, Blaine does his next, no less dangerous trick - freezing in ice. He spent 64 hours in the ice block and was removed from it in front of the audience. And although David looked unimportant, his rating rose to the skies. This trick was followed by others, and each time Blaine amazed everyone who watched it happen.
Many are trying to expose the tricks that Blaine demonstrates. On the network you can find a huge number of videos describing the methods that the illusionist uses, but this does not prevent him from staying at the peak of popularity and demonstrating his transcendent magic of tricks.
Personal life
About how and with whom David spends time, practically nothing is known. Occasionally, various rumors appear, the reliability of which is difficult to judge. So he was credited with a romantic relationship with model and actress Josie Maran, but how much this story is true, no one knows. It is only known that the heart of the illusionist is still free.
