Close-up magic

Close-up magic (also known as table magic or micromagic) is <a href="/facts/Magic_(illusion)/GSoeYUVA">magic</a> performed in an intimate setting usually no more than 3 meters (10 feet) from one's audience and is usually performed while sitting at a table.
<a href="/facts/Sleight-of-hand/K1UlJDvg">Sleight-of-hand</a>, also known as prestidigitation ("quick fingers") or léger de main (Fr., "lightness of hand"), is the set of techniques used by a magician to secretly manipulate objects. <a href="/facts/Coin_tricks/HrlBq4qT">Coins</a> and <a href="/facts/Card_tricks/MSN5EYUS">playing cards</a> are the most commonly used objects, but any small item can be used such as dice, bottle caps, <a href="/facts/Sugar_cube/jb5KXRHT">sugar cubes</a>, sponge balls, pebbles, pens, and <a href="/facts/Cups_and_balls/HRdn5vzg">cups and balls</a>. A magician may use more than one kind of object in a single trick.
Close-up magicians may also enhance their performance by combining magic with other elements, such as <a href="/facts/Cardistry/NRWCN5St">cardistry</a>. While magic uses misdirection to produce an illusion, these flourishes are more straightforward displays of skill, comparable to <a href="/facts/Juggling/s2MHCgNH">juggling</a>.
Another form of micromagic is micromentalism, <a href="/facts/Mentalism/D5KDoPuI">mentalism</a> performed in an intimate session. This form of mentalism involves purported examples of <a href="/facts/Telekinesis/sDhMYr6r">telekinesis</a>, <a href="/facts/Extrasensory_perception/nT29VWIA">extrasensory perception</a>, <a href="/facts/Precognition/rgqw0qVb">precognition</a> and <a href="/facts/Telepathy/nrQsUUJQ">telepathy</a>. Most <a href="/facts/Cold_reading/j38HX0gF">cold reading</a> takes place in such an intimate session, as do most <a href="/facts/Theatrical_s%25C3%25A9ance/100s09Jt">theatrical séances</a>.

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