Pigeons, ducks and doves, as well as a parakeet named Elvis, materialize out of inanimate objects. There's seven doves, a parakeet, seven or eight ducks, a couple geese, and about 50 or 60 pigeons. And they all have their separate dressing rooms. Burton balances grand illusions with small sleight of hand. In a sensuous bit of sorcery, Burton and a gorgeous assistant float up, up and outta sight, entwined in a sexy embrace.
Cars levitate and vanish.
One astounding illusion transports Burton from a hangman's noose to the theater chandelier. He was doing a magic show and I was the volunteer from the audience. When he pulled the silver dollar from behind my ear and I heard the audience laugh and applaud, I was amazed. That was the moment I realized I wanted to be a magician. Years after that fate-defining realization, at the intersection of illusion and elegance, stands Lance Burton.