Wednesday, December 1, 2010

CHANZ


Student of Jimmy Talksalot.
Home town San Diego.




















CHANZ- works primarily in Seaport Village and the Gaslamp Quarter of down town San Diego.

When i first met Chanz it was in seaport village in the park out back they call the embarcadero.

he was dressed in regular street clothes, no costume really, and no real character to speak of except of course his own personality....which was workin for him, because he's a nice guy.

i was outta costume and he stopped me to show me a trick. he had amazing close up chops and would work primarily for just a few people with small stuff.

Funny enough, now, he commands the largest crowds in seaport and has the most unusual magic show in the business.

he trained for a year on the streets of san diego before he came to work in seaport and it shows.

his act is a huge combination of, juggling, walk behind mime, magic, sight gags, and audience situation comedy skits.

he has become one of the most beloved and sought after acts at seaport village.

many tourists have come down to the village looking for him and talking about him.

Chanz is a fanatic, always pushing himself to learn more and experiment on the street.

Off stage he is loyal, humble, and a perfectionist to creat a quality act.

this has landed him many gigs and spots on t.v.

he has a large cult following in the hispanic community and has been seen on a few spanish speaking t.v. channels.

years ago,he began with a spoken show dressed in normal magician garb, but has evolved into a silent act.

the reader should know that working as a silent act in the states on the streets, is almost impossible.......and working on the west coast only compounds this.

but because of his drive and determination to express his vision of the character he has not only pulled it off, but makes it look easy.

i will be posting some footage later when we put it together.

I love Chanz because he makes me look like a great teacher, with his huge success, but the truth is, he's pure talent and determination.

it should also be noted that he has a very important skill, he take any bit he sees and change it around and add on and improve it so that it cannot be recoginized from the original.....this is what makes his show so genuis.

he doesn't need to steal, he just needs to learn the gist of atmosphere to create something he also puts brand new stuff together from responce from the audience...he learns from his audience.

i could go on and on.

but simply, he's a great performer and a great person.

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