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{{Short description|Performance art}}
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[[File:Display Card Flourish.jpg|thumb|An advanced two-handed flourish]]
'''Cardistry''' is the [[performance art]] of [[Playing cards|card]] flourishing. Unlike [[card magic]], cardistry is meant to be visually impressive and appear very hard to execute.
The term
Cardistry
==History==
{{Main|History of cardistry}}
[[File:Charlier (cropped).jpg|thumb|A Charlier one-handed cut]]
Conjuring tricks with playing cards became popular around the 19th century. At that time, simple card flourishes—such as the Charlier
▲Cardistry is a portmanteau of “card” and “artistry.” It involves the use of hands to create cuts, displays, fans, patterns, and sequences through the use of playing cards. Various arm-spreads, cuts, shuffles, and springs can be used. The intent is to create a captivating motion and beautiful display. The effects are limited only by the types of cards used, the imagination, and the degree of manual dexterity of the performer. The presentation is typically neither “illusionary” nor purportedly “magic”; rather, it is more like juggling, mime, or similar entertaining activities.<ref name="wired">{{cite news |last1=Tanz |first1=Jason |date=20 April 2015 |url=https://www.wired.com/2015/04/inside-elegant-mesmerizing-subculture-card-juggling/ |title=Inside the Elegant, Mesmerizing Subculture of Card Juggling |work=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |quote=Cardistry is an arcane but growing pastime in which (primarily) young men shuffle, riffle, twist and toss decks of cards through acrobatic arrangements and sequences. Its practitioners, called cardists, share their feats by recording and posting EDM-backed compilations of their best moves. They already have built something of a canon. |access-date=14 January 2016}}</ref>
[[File:Jonas Vinther demonstrating the five faces of Sybil.gif|thumb|Chris Kenner's Sybil flourish]]
American magician Chris Kenner published ''Totally Out of Control'' in 1992, an instructional book concerning magic tricks with household objects. On page 125 was a two-handed flourish he called "[[Sybil (card flourish)|The Five Faces of Sybil]]". Making use of all fingers,
[[Los Angeles]]-based magician Brian Tudor released an instructional [[VHS]] tape in 1997 dubbed ''Show Off'' which featured only flourishes, including numerous variations of Sybil. The tape was well
[[File:Mechanics Grip.jpg|alt=
In 2001 Sybil enthusiasts and twin brothers [[Dan and Dave (magicians)|Dan and Dave Buck]] released ''Pasteboard Animations'', another VHS tape explaining advanced cuts and flourishes. It sold hundreds of copies and was critically praised in a ''[[Genii (magazine)|Genii]]'' magazine review that same year. In 2004, the twins released the instructional DVD ''The Dan and Dave System,'' which officially separated advanced card flourishing from magic.
The term "cardistry" was first presented and popularized for this art form by "Richard Z." on the decknique.net forums in March 2006.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Z. |first=Richard |date=6 March 2006 |title=Cardistry - what does it mean? |url=http://decknique.net/forums/thread:273 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605154806/http://decknique.net/forums/thread:273 |archive-date=5 June 2008}}</ref>'' Until then, these tricks were known by other names such as card flourishes, card manipuation, card stunts, and xtreme card manipulation.
==Types of cardistry moves==
=== Grips ===
Styles of grips include:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cardistry Basics |url=https://decemberboys.com.ua/en/tutorials/dribbles/ |access-date=
*'''Biddle
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=== One-handed cuts ===
These moves require only one hand to perform.<ref>{{
'''Charlier
'''Revolution
[[File:Revolution cut 2.HEIC.jpg|alt=Revolution
'''Scissor
=== Two-handed cuts ===
These moves are performed using both hands to grip/hold packets of cards;<ref>{{
'''Swing
'''Swivel
[[File:Brian_Tudor,David_Copperfield,Chris_Kenner.jpg|alt=David Copperfield, Chris Kenner and Brian Tudor|thumb|[[David Copperfield (illusionist)|David Copperfield]] poses with his Cardistry collaborators Chris Kenner and Brian Tudor, 2015 MGM David Copperfield Theater]] '''Sybil === Displays ===
These moves are either done in a two-dimensional or three-dimensional manner. Types of displays may include 3-D structures; ex: a card house, or a 3-D aspect; ex: Zach Mueller's "
'''Ribbon
'''Five
'''The Werm''': This cardistry move begins by holding the deck in Z grip, and pivoting the three packets of cards on
=== Fans and spreads ===
These moves involve spreading a deck of cards in various ways, typically in a circle. The '
=== Aerials ===
These moves involve cards (or packets of cards)
=== Isolations and twirls ===
These moves are mostly done with only a
==Cardistry-Con==
{{Main|Cardistry-Con}}
Cardistry-Con is an interactive conference centered around the art of cardistry, where cardists from all over the world can gather and explore the
One of the highlights of the annual event is the Cardistry-Con Awards, which includes categories for deck design as well as
The "beta" Cardistry-Con occurred in 2014 as a subsection of Dan & Dave's Magic Con. In 2015, Magic Con was discontinued and an official Cardistry Con took its place. Since then, Cardistry-Con has been held in Brooklyn (2015), Berlin (2016), Los Angeles (2017), Hong Kong (2018), and Portland (2019).<ref>[http://www.cardistry-con.org/about About Cardistry-Con]
==See also==
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* [https://www.cardistry-con.org/ Cardistry Con official website]
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