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Peter Marvey

Peter Marvey
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Born 1971
Zurich, Switzerland
Occupation magician, illusionist
Website www.marvey.ch

Peter Marvey is a magician and illusionist best known for his combination of sleight of hand and large-scale stage illusions.

In his early childhood, Peter Marvey was fascinated with any form of flying, whether the flight of birds, stage "flying" or aviation. He expressed his passion by creating simple wings made of wood and textile. His parents booked a flight from Zurich to Geneva, for the exclusive reason of allowing him to "experience flight".

He was also fascinated by magic. He soon became aware of his talent for this art and invested all his time and energy in it. He was caught doing finger practice under his desk at school. While still in high school, Marvey created his first illusion, a version of levitating girl. Later on he interrupted his studies to concentrate on creating illusions.

Marvey studied, designed and practiced for seven years to create an illusion called "Dream Flying", which made his name in the magic business and became a signature piece. He first performed this illusion in Perpignan, France, in October 1999, for a magic convention. He later performed it live on TV in 2001.

Marvey has created seven different flying illusions, as well as the Flying Coach, the Levitating Spectators, the Haunted Balloon Basket, the Flying Screen and other levitation tricks.

For seven years, Peter Marvey studied, designed and practiced for his first flying illusion, “Dream Flying”. He invented a system which allowed him to turn and move while flying in more directions than had been achieved before. He made it possible to fly in bright light, for the first time in magic’s history. He was the first magician to have changed his costume in mid air, in the fraction of a second. Marvey performed “Dream Flying” the first time in Perpignan, France, in October 1999, for a magic convention.

In the following years, Marvey created six further systems to achieve the same illusion for live productions, TV and special conditions. Marvey performed the flying illusion live on TV in 2001. For an exhibition event in Bremen in 2002 he developed a flying which allowed him to fly over the audience.

In 2005, Peter Marvey designed a flying illusion for singer Ayumi Hamasaki. In the Saitama arena in Tokyo and later on in other stadiums, the singer appeared to fly for 60 meters, together with two dancers in a turning ball above the audience.


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