{"id":37952,"date":"2021-12-10T01:50:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T09:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=37952"},"modified":"2021-12-10T17:50:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T01:50:00","slug":"vitaly-beckman-at-the-anvil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2021\/12\/10\/vitaly-beckman-at-the-anvil\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitaly Beckman at the Anvil"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vitaly Beckman will bring some of his best illusions yet to his Dec. 22 performance. (photo from eveningofwonders.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI have been working very hard on some new illusions that I consider to be some of my best work yet,\u201d Vitaly Beckman told the Independent<\/em>. \u201cI created a lot of my illusions during<\/p>\n

no-show periods, a few of which I plan to include in the upcoming show.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vitaly: An Evening of Wonders<\/em> returns to the stage on Dec. 22 at the Anvil Centre in New Westminster. While it is Beckman\u2019s first live in-person performance in Canada since the pandemic started, he already has performed in theatres in the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is certainly exciting to start doing live shows again \u2013 both performers and audiences could feel the void of live theatre during the past two years,\u201d he said. \u201cLife is really not the same without theatre.\u201d<\/p>\n

But there have been some benefits from the enforced hiatus.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is really helpful for the creative process to be able to focus on just one goal, and not be distracted by anything else for a period of time,\u201d acknowledged Beckman. \u201cSo the lockdowns were helpful in that regard, as I managed to finish some really great illusions \u2013 one involves a sculpted bust, another involves an oil painting that comes to life and another, a matchbox. The latter I created while visiting my family in Israel. Actually, I\u2019ve created a lot of my illusions in the past while vacationing there \u2013 it seems that the sunny place boosts my creativity.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to creating new material, Beckman has been busy in other ways, as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was certainly a long period to go without doing a single live show,\u201d he said, \u201cbut I did a lot of magic for virtual performances and recorded an illusion for Penn & Teller\u2019s Fool Us<\/em> show, with a second appearance there.\u201d (In that appearance, Beckman once again managed to fool the master illusionists.)<\/p>\n

About returning to the stage, he said, \u201cI was wondering if I would be \u2018out of shape\u2019 when performing again, however, from recent shows in the U.S., it was like riding a bike. I really enjoyed going back on stage and especially seeing how the audience left the theatre feeling uplifted and full of joy.\u201d<\/p>\n

For tickets to see Beckman on Dec. 22, at 7:30 p.m., click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vitaly Beckman will bring some of his best illusions yet to his Dec. 22 performance. (photo from eveningofwonders.com) \u201cI have been working very hard on some new illusions that I consider to be some of my best work yet,\u201d Vitaly Beckman told the Independent. \u201cI created a lot of my illusions during no-show periods, a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[785],"tags":[5232,21067,7434,8072,20385,7435],"class_list":["post-37952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-performing-arts","tag-anvil-centre","tag-evening-of-wonders","tag-illusionist","tag-magic","tag-penn-teller","tag-vitaly-beckman"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}