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College of Magic
College of Magic is a nonprofit organization (007-517 NPO/NGO) based in Cape Town, South Africa that teaches magic. The Director, David Gore, has been with the organization since its inception.
The College of Magic opened its doors on February 23, 1980. It was established to provide performance-arts training for aspirant entertainers from all sections of Cape Town's community.
In 1992, the college moved into its present home, a renovated Victorian house in Claremont, Cape Town. It was officially opened in 1995 by the Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology as the Magical Arts Centre. The college with the help of the community, restored the building and developed facilities for its teaching and training needs.
The College of Magic is engaged in performing arts education and training and specializes in training young people – children from the age of 10 years upwards – in the art of magic and the allied arts of juggling, ventriloquism, mime and clowning.
The curriculum consists of six core courses structured hierarchically, with each course increasing in complexity, expectations of the learner and skill mastery. In the first three years, students are introduced to the basics of magic including presentation skills, the theory of entertainment and the essential elements of controlling an audience. During the fourth, fifth and sixth years, the curriculum becomes substantially more demanding in terms of the technical requirements and the theoretical aspects of entertaining. Students focus on entertaining children, sleight of hand, close-up magic, stage magic, magic with animals and stage illusions.
Each course is a cycle that includes:
The staff can be segmented into the following categories:
1. The Non-Executive Board of Management – College of Magic is governed by an experienced board of trustees who are responsible for all decision-making in line with the constitution of the organization. Both their chairperson and their treasurer are graduates of the organization. The executive director and founder of the college, David Gore, has served the organization since 1980.
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College of Magic
College of Magic is a nonprofit organization (007-517 NPO/NGO) based in Cape Town, South Africa that teaches magic. The Director, David Gore, has been with the organization since its inception.
The College of Magic opened its doors on February 23, 1980. It was established to provide performance-arts training for aspirant entertainers from all sections of Cape Town's community.
In 1992, the college moved into its present home, a renovated Victorian house in Claremont, Cape Town. It was officially opened in 1995 by the Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology as the Magical Arts Centre. The college with the help of the community, restored the building and developed facilities for its teaching and training needs.
The College of Magic is engaged in performing arts education and training and specializes in training young people – children from the age of 10 years upwards – in the art of magic and the allied arts of juggling, ventriloquism, mime and clowning.
The curriculum consists of six core courses structured hierarchically, with each course increasing in complexity, expectations of the learner and skill mastery. In the first three years, students are introduced to the basics of magic including presentation skills, the theory of entertainment and the essential elements of controlling an audience. During the fourth, fifth and sixth years, the curriculum becomes substantially more demanding in terms of the technical requirements and the theoretical aspects of entertaining. Students focus on entertaining children, sleight of hand, close-up magic, stage magic, magic with animals and stage illusions.
Each course is a cycle that includes:
The staff can be segmented into the following categories:
1. The Non-Executive Board of Management – College of Magic is governed by an experienced board of trustees who are responsible for all decision-making in line with the constitution of the organization. Both their chairperson and their treasurer are graduates of the organization. The executive director and founder of the college, David Gore, has served the organization since 1980.