Learn How To Perform!

You can learn how to entertain others with magic! Mr. Palur can teach you everything from the rudimentary basics of slight-of-hand, to professional showmanship and stage presence. He can teach you the business side of "show business" and help you get paid gigs! Magic is a fun and rewarding hobby, as well as a lucrative profession.

Jack will give you "hands-on" lessons, that will cover the methods, utilitarian moves, and the presentation of each trick. When you are finished, you will have the confidence and know-how to fool the best of them!

These are great skills for adults, like Bartenders, School Teachers, Librarians, Summer Camp Counselors, Day-care Providers, Actors, Comedians, and even CEO's of large corporations!
It is especially good for kids. It builds self esteem, introduces them into a wonderful, wholesome hobby, and improves their manual dexterity and confidence. Many children interested in magic at an early age, grow up to become multi-million dollar performers! (Like David Copperfield and other successful entertainers!) It is simply a great way of making a living!

Lessons are arranged to your schedule. You can set as many or as few lessons as you wish. Meet once a month or once a day, in the evenings or in the mornings; when ever it is convenient to you!

Lessons are minimally an hour, but can be longer if you wish.

You will not just learn the "secret" of a trick. You will come to understand the presentation and how you can affect audience's lives with entertainment.

Jack can teach individuals by appointment. He can adapt to any students schedule and learning needs. Call today for open dates and costs!

Contact information is at the bottom of this page.

Magician Jack Palur offers a great program for kids between the ages of 8 - 18!

It is an hour-long presentation teaching the basics of close-up magic, including the use of every day objects, utility moves to develop dexterity and build a magic act, as well as showmanship and the fundamentals of magical performance. Each participant will learn at least 2 - 4 full tricks and
witness many more slight of hand routines, right under their noses.

There is no stage or fancy props, just one-on-one instruction on how
to become a magician or a better performer. Mr. Palur has been teaching this mini-course in schools and libraries in the Northern Ohio area for over 20 years! He can work with recommended books, study programs, and customize the presentation to meet the needs of the participants.

This is "hands-on" training where each student uses the necessary props to produce miracles on their own. Kids will build confidence and showmanship as well as the history behind magic as a performance art.

This program is great for Scouts and other youth organizations!

Jack Palur was selected as the Magic and Showmanship Master Teaching Artist for Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio's Artworks Apprentice Program. Jack taught nine students from around Northern Ohio magic, showmanship, comedy, scripting, and a whole host of other entertainment subjects.

The Apprentices performed magic at University Circle, Tower City, and The Cleveland Institute of Music, as well as other locations around Cleveland from June through July of 2009.

"It was a great honor to teach magic and showmanship over the seven week course for Artworks. The apprentices were great and I learned a great deal myself."

Artwork Apprentices are hand selected to work and learn a specified craft that helps train them under a mentor for real life job applications. It is a terrific program!

For more information, click the Artworks logo above.

Learn All types of Entertainment

Jack can teach any or all of the following styles of performing:

Slight-of-Hand - Coins, cards, cups and balls, other small objects.
Stage Magic - Box illusions like they use in Las Vegas.
Comedy Magic - From slapstick to sight gags.
Street Magic - Busking and fast, visual illusions.
Escapes - Safe and entertaining escapes from restraints.
Mentalism - ESP and other mind bending illusions.
Children's Magic - Birthdays and youth group performing.
Puppetry - Learn how to produce a fun show with puppets.
Juggling - Learn the basics of juggling.
Ventriloquism - Develop an act with a vent puppet.
Improvisation - How to get out of "sticky" situations and use improv humor to make people laugh.
Acting - Basics of theater and how to play a character while performing magic.
Script Writing - Basics on developing entertaining material on how to commit it to paper.
Show Business Marketing - How to land gigs and the tricks of the trade to market yourself.
Getting Paid Gigs - Learn how to perform for a lucrative living.
Stage Presence - Look good and command attention while on stage.
Showmanship - The overall secrets of putting on a good performance.

About Jack

Jack Palur has been teaching and performing magic for the last 35 years. Jack owns and operates J.P. Productions, a talent agency in Northern Ohio. Jack does close-up magic for pubs and restaurants and private parties. He is also one half of the comedy magic team of the "Kaputska Brothers." If that wasn't enough. Jack also plays "Professor Fineous Mildew-heimer," a children's comedy magician.

Jack has taught theater and directed over 25 theatrical productions. He has taught magic at summer camps and for youth organizations, including Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio's Artworks. He owned and operated an improvisational company for 10 years, a large retail hobby store for 17 years, and was a movie critic on a local television station. Jack has a Degree in Liberal Arts, and a Technical Degree in Broadcasting.

Jack lives in Northern Ohio with his Wife, Daughter and cat, Ming.

Jack Palur - Magical Instructor

802 Sheffield Road
Sheffield Lake, Ohio 44054

Phone: (440) 949-1047

E-mail: Jack@JPPOhio.net