Sleight-of-Hand

After learning that his great-grandfather won the family restaurant in a wild-west poker game (yes, that’s actually a true story), Daniel spent his formative years mastering the most difficult branch of card manipulation: the techniques used by professional card cheats. To prove to his parents that he didn’t waste his adolescence, he’ll explain how hustlers of old could swindle you out of your money, your jewelry, and even your family business.

Sleight-of-Mind

Daniel studied the psychology of deception while completing his degree in Neurobiology at the University of Pennsylvania — where he has also lectured about the history of magic. Realizing that what the world really needed was more pretend-wizards, not doctors or scientists, he chose to pursue a career in magic. He’ll demonstrate how magicians can misdirect your attention, cloud your perception, and alter your memory.