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Quick-change (performance)
Quick-change is a performance style where a performer (often, a magician) changes quickly, usually within seconds, from one costume into another.
Leopoldo Fregoli (1867–1936) was a quick change performer from the late 19th century. One contemporary review praised the "lightning speed" of his work and called him "the most striking of the Protean men, past, present and future". Fregoli was praised for his vocal range and mastery of European languages.
Fregoli made costume and hairpiece changes just out of view of the audience, in a few seconds. He continued speaking to the audience during these changes. He was reported as owning a collection of 800 costumes and 1200 wigs.
Castor Watt (1858–1932) was an internationally known quick-change artist from Germany.[citation needed] His special feature was his performance without any aids. The spectacular "quick change" of his costumes happened on an open stage, right in front of the audience.[citation needed] The US debut of his "character changes" act was at Hammerstein's Olympia in 1896.
Lee Alex is a British born illusionist based in Istanbul, Turkey. He is winner of the Merlin Award "Illusionist of the Year 2009" presented by the International Magicians' Society. Known throughout the magic world for his "Colour Change Waistcoat", "Snow Leopard Vest" and "Happy Birthday Waistcoat". Lee Alex is the co-author and translator of the German book Quick Change by Lex Schoppi and the sole author of the book Time for a Change?.[citation needed]
When Italian actor and performer Arturo Brachetti started his career in Paradis Latin, Paris (1979) he was the only quick-change performer in the world[citation needed] since Leopoldo Fregoli. Guinness World Records lists him as the fastest and most prolific in the world. His last one-man show has been seen by more than two million people worldwide. The changing of his tailcoat from black to white live and close to public was a method invented by him and is considered his artistic signature. His wardrobe consists of more than 350 costumes but evolves show by show. His performances often involve a series of characters, played consecutively one after the other, or in spoken sketches in which he plays all the roles interacting with each other.
In 2000, he was awarded the Molière Award, the highest accolade in French theatre, for "The Man with 1000 Faces", where he performs 80 different characters in a two-hour show. The show sold out in Paris for several months in Theatre Marigny, Theatre Mogador, Casino de Paris, from April 2000 to January 2005. Brachetti has created and performed about 25 acts for television and 10 plays, produced by the National Theatre of Italy. The festival "Juste Pour Rire" (the yearly "Just for Laughs" comedy festival every July in Montreal) launched his career in North America. In the Opera field, he created a personal version of L'Histoire du soldat by Stravinsky, "Peter and the Wolf" by Prokofiev and "Allegro, un po' troppo" with the Symphonic Orchestra of Rai Radio Televisione Italiana. In 2009, he was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award in London for the show "Change" at the Garrick Theatre. He returned to Paris in 2009 at the Folies Bergere with his new show about Cinema. In 2011, the French Ministry of Culture presented him with the honorary title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres Knight of Arts and Letters. In 2003, Jeffery Deaver named Brachetti in his bestseller The Vanished Man. In 2013 and 2014, he was a judge in the French TV show The Best broadcast by TF1. An animated statue of Brachetti, changing costumes every 20 seconds, is displayed at Musée Grevin, the wax museum of Paris and Montreal. In September 2013, the French newspaper Le Monde dedicated him an interview in the first page. In 2014, Italy he received the title of Commander in June 2014 by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano. On September 2, 2019, Arturo Brachetti was awarded The David Devant Award for Services to International Magic by The Magic Circle, presented to Arturo at their annual awards ceremony held at their Headquarters in Central London. In February 2020, Arturo headlined at the Blackpool Magic Convention with a performance of his show Solo at the Winter Gardens Opera House.
Solange Kardinaly is a Portuguese quick-change performer and magician who, with her partner Arkadio, holds the Guinness world record for most costume changes in a single minute, with 25. On season 19 of America's Got Talent, she received unanimous acclaim from the judges for a performance to Madonna's "Material Girl" which went viral. She also appeared on three other Got Talent series (Czechia & Slovakia, Ellada Eheis Talento, and Romania) as well as Penn & Teller: Fool Us.
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Quick-change (performance)
Quick-change is a performance style where a performer (often, a magician) changes quickly, usually within seconds, from one costume into another.
Leopoldo Fregoli (1867–1936) was a quick change performer from the late 19th century. One contemporary review praised the "lightning speed" of his work and called him "the most striking of the Protean men, past, present and future". Fregoli was praised for his vocal range and mastery of European languages.
Fregoli made costume and hairpiece changes just out of view of the audience, in a few seconds. He continued speaking to the audience during these changes. He was reported as owning a collection of 800 costumes and 1200 wigs.
Castor Watt (1858–1932) was an internationally known quick-change artist from Germany.[citation needed] His special feature was his performance without any aids. The spectacular "quick change" of his costumes happened on an open stage, right in front of the audience.[citation needed] The US debut of his "character changes" act was at Hammerstein's Olympia in 1896.
Lee Alex is a British born illusionist based in Istanbul, Turkey. He is winner of the Merlin Award "Illusionist of the Year 2009" presented by the International Magicians' Society. Known throughout the magic world for his "Colour Change Waistcoat", "Snow Leopard Vest" and "Happy Birthday Waistcoat". Lee Alex is the co-author and translator of the German book Quick Change by Lex Schoppi and the sole author of the book Time for a Change?.[citation needed]
When Italian actor and performer Arturo Brachetti started his career in Paradis Latin, Paris (1979) he was the only quick-change performer in the world[citation needed] since Leopoldo Fregoli. Guinness World Records lists him as the fastest and most prolific in the world. His last one-man show has been seen by more than two million people worldwide. The changing of his tailcoat from black to white live and close to public was a method invented by him and is considered his artistic signature. His wardrobe consists of more than 350 costumes but evolves show by show. His performances often involve a series of characters, played consecutively one after the other, or in spoken sketches in which he plays all the roles interacting with each other.
In 2000, he was awarded the Molière Award, the highest accolade in French theatre, for "The Man with 1000 Faces", where he performs 80 different characters in a two-hour show. The show sold out in Paris for several months in Theatre Marigny, Theatre Mogador, Casino de Paris, from April 2000 to January 2005. Brachetti has created and performed about 25 acts for television and 10 plays, produced by the National Theatre of Italy. The festival "Juste Pour Rire" (the yearly "Just for Laughs" comedy festival every July in Montreal) launched his career in North America. In the Opera field, he created a personal version of L'Histoire du soldat by Stravinsky, "Peter and the Wolf" by Prokofiev and "Allegro, un po' troppo" with the Symphonic Orchestra of Rai Radio Televisione Italiana. In 2009, he was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award in London for the show "Change" at the Garrick Theatre. He returned to Paris in 2009 at the Folies Bergere with his new show about Cinema. In 2011, the French Ministry of Culture presented him with the honorary title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres Knight of Arts and Letters. In 2003, Jeffery Deaver named Brachetti in his bestseller The Vanished Man. In 2013 and 2014, he was a judge in the French TV show The Best broadcast by TF1. An animated statue of Brachetti, changing costumes every 20 seconds, is displayed at Musée Grevin, the wax museum of Paris and Montreal. In September 2013, the French newspaper Le Monde dedicated him an interview in the first page. In 2014, Italy he received the title of Commander in June 2014 by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano. On September 2, 2019, Arturo Brachetti was awarded The David Devant Award for Services to International Magic by The Magic Circle, presented to Arturo at their annual awards ceremony held at their Headquarters in Central London. In February 2020, Arturo headlined at the Blackpool Magic Convention with a performance of his show Solo at the Winter Gardens Opera House.
Solange Kardinaly is a Portuguese quick-change performer and magician who, with her partner Arkadio, holds the Guinness world record for most costume changes in a single minute, with 25. On season 19 of America's Got Talent, she received unanimous acclaim from the judges for a performance to Madonna's "Material Girl" which went viral. She also appeared on three other Got Talent series (Czechia & Slovakia, Ellada Eheis Talento, and Romania) as well as Penn & Teller: Fool Us.