Rampensau - Paths to Stage Personality and Professionalism | Wolf Fisher

In this book, you'll learn a lot about showmanship and how to take yourself and your show to the next level.
This concisely presented knowledge will save you a lot of effort and expense. Learn how to present yourself better and more professionally.

Part one: Rampage pig
Stand confidently on stage, free from fear, and without stage fright! Develop a functional repertoire.

Part two: The modern survivor
The financial side of show business.

Part three: Wolf's program analysis
Perfect your own show with detailed background knowledge of the development steps and the "why" of the individual elements of Wolf's show and his performances. From the fields of magic, entertainment, and artistry!
Explore Wolf's thoughts and solutions to problems related to "banknote migration," presentations, and transitions, among other topics. Study the basics of fire artistry with important information for anyone who wants to work with fire on stage.
Benefit from Wolf Fisher's experience from countless real-world performances as a magician, entertainer, and artist. Many of the tricks and techniques presented can be implemented immediately and effectively, helping you grow as a stage performer and as a private person.

No trick explanations

Contents:
Foreword
Part I: Rampage Pig
1) What makes a real showman?
1.1 Charisma
1.2 Being the focus
2) Techniques on the way to becoming a star
2.1 WHY on stage?
2.2 Fearless demeanor, self-confidence
2.3 Resolve fear
2.4 Facing fear
2.5 Gain self-confidence
3) The functioning repertoire
3.1 Selection criteria for a new routine
3.2 Steps to program structure
3.3 Professional routines
3.4 First steps towards your own version
3.5 Rehearsing the routine
3.6 Keyword STANDING OVATIONS
4) Signs of a professional
4.1 Quality
4.2 Punctuality
4.3 Order and cleanliness
4.4 Make-up
4.5 Music
5) Foreign languages
5.1 Learning foreign languages
5.2 Using a foreign language in the show
6) Some experiences from amusement parks etc.
6.1 Appearances and preliminary considerations
6.2 Children and spectators in the ring
6.3 Dinner shows
6.4 Originality
6.5 Use as a final number

Part ll: The modern survivor
1) The repertoire and finances
1.1 Calculating the budget for a performance
1.2 Considerations about the material
2) Considerations for determining fees, or
“How much do you charge for the evening?”
3) Earning a living
3.1 Casting
3.2 International performance requests
3.3 Stars, fees, fees in general
4) Life as a professional
4.1 Independence
4.2 The Artists’ Social Insurance Fund
4.3 VAT
5) Self-presentation, advertising, marketing and their pitfalls
5.1 The dangers of the website
5.2 Internet advertising

Part III: My programs and my performances
Part A: General
1) Program design
1.1 General information on the structure of a coherent program
1.2 The show and working title as an aid
2) Moderations
2.1 Transitions and intermediate moderations
2.2 Interim moderations
2.3 Creating transitions: Developing moderation texts
2.4 Possible structure for moderation texts
2.5 Time specifications
2.6 Inner attitude during moderation

Part B: My programs and performances
1) About the show “Cabaret Magic”
1.1 Welcome, bienvenue, welcome
1.2 The Duck – “Sow it with my eyes”
1.3 Money makes the World go around – the Money Song
1.4 CABARET Song
1.5 Magic routines
1.6 From the moderation concept to the independent show
2) About the show “World of Magic”
2.1 The individual show blocks and elements of this show
2.2 My common thread: Personal on stage
2.3 Transition Berlin
2.4 Transition Berlin-Paris
2.5 Transition Paris-Rio
2.6 Transition Rio-Las Vegas
2.7 Final block
2.8 Posters
2.9 The program booklet

Part C: The story behind my routines and performances
1) The magic routines
1.1 The Bömmel
1.2 The linked rings
1.3 Card Sword
1.4 Banknote in…
2) The artistry
2.1 Unleashing
2.2 Fire-eating and Co.
2.3 Original Looping Balance Act
2.4 Broken Mirror Balance

Something like an epilogue – Corona magic

270 pages, book format 17 x 24, hardcover with thread stitching