George
Iglesias lecture - Peru
Friday 1st June
Auckland
Only Lecture
Sponsored by IBM Ring 160 & Magic New Zealand
Time: 7.30pm sharp
Venue: The Shore City Magicians Club Inc. club rooms,
Senior Citizen Hall, back of the Takapuna Library, The Strand,
Takapuna, Auckland.
Adult Lecture fee: $25
Juniors (School age) and financial IBM 160 members: $10
Wives or Partners: $5
Email: Secretary - Keith Garrett - kgmagicnz@hotmail.com
Phone: (09) 576 2615
George Iglesias Bio
George
Iglesias is an international magician and illusionist that
have been performing magic during the past 20 years with
great success in Peru, South America and the US.
Born
in Peru, he is a TV personality and considered the most
recognized magician from his country, having appeared on
national and international Television Shows more than a
1000 times, including presentations for ABC, CNN, ANTENA
TRES SPAIN, UNIVISION, MEGA TV and TELEMUNDO channel.
Actually,
George Iglesias is part of the Cast of TELEMUNDO TV Network
performing in his own TV Segment "Magia Nitida"
at the TV Show "Nitido" featuring his magic and
illusions form the streets of Miami.
Recently
George was selected to be part of 'Le Grand Illusion Autour
du Monde" a 90 min TV Special recorded by the French
Network Channel 4 and transmitted in all France and Europe,
There George performed with 5 of the top magicians around
the world such as Franz Harary Marco Tempest, Chris Korn,
JB Benn and Kamel.
George is also a magic inventor and has created many magic
tricks that are actually being used by hundreds of professional
magicians around the world. Some of his most famous creations
include: The Six Pack Surprise, The Magic Popcorn Machine,
Food to Go, Cup Zero, Dollar to Credit Card among many others.
George
is the recipient of International Awards such as: The FLASOMA
2009, as the Inventor of the Year 2009 by the Latin American
Federation of Society Magicians, The CADI 2008, as the First
Place in The Argentinean Magic National Championship and
the GRAND PRIX STAGE AWARDS 2007 as the Florida State Magic
Champion, to name a few.
In
his country, George is highly involved in the promotion
the art of magic, that is why in 2001 he founded the first
and unique school of magic in Peru, TWISTER MAGIC STUDIO
becoming an institution in which hundreds of children, teenagers
and adults had the opportunity in the past 11 years to learn
the art of magic, some of them became professional magicians
of today and other became great supporters of the magic
activities in different fields.
George
learned the art of magic since he was 12. Magician Jorge
Lam from Peru became his first magic teacher. During his
20 years performing magic, George had the opportunity to
show his art in more than 15 countries to a large variety
of audiences and traveled around the continent to learn
from many other magicians from who he has achieved knowledge
and great experience.
Among
his achievements as a magician, George has a degree in Marketing
and Advertising from the IPP (Peruvian Institute of Advertising)
and a degree in Communications and Dramatic Art from the
CHCH (Charles Chaplin Institute)
As
an actor he has worked recently in the Soap Opera "Pecados
Ajenos" playing the roll of Jhony transmitted by TELEMUNDO-RTI,
and was part of the cast of "La Viuda de Blanco",
"Mas sabe el Diablo", "Procura Amarme Mas"
among others. On Stage George has created and directed five
big stage shows: "MÁGICAMENTE" "MAGIC
GAMES", "MAGIC DREAMS" "ILLUSION TRIP"
and "ANIMAGIC". All of them presented with great
success. Thousands of people attended the show and received
a very positive feedback from all the press.
In
his professional career as a magician George has develop
corporate events and special shows for very important corporations
such as: Universal Studios, Telemundo International Network,
Samsung, The PGA Tour, Coca Cola Co., Marriot Hotels, Novartis
Lab, United Nations, LAN Airlines, Continental Airlines,
Burger King, The Miami Metrozoo, HSBC Bank, KFC among others.
