Steve Dacri

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FLASH:He’s won several awards, among them a Merlin Award for "Best Closeup Magician in the World" from the International Magicians Society, putting him in the company of David Copperfield, Harry Blackstone, Doug Henning and Siegfried & Roy.

Currently the most sought-after close-up magician in the world. Steve is an accomplished sleight-of-hand artist with a career spanning over thirty years as a performer on TV, in clubs and resorts, on cruise ships and at many prestigious venues, including Radio City Music Hall. Steve's hundreds of TV appearances include The Tonight Show, That's Incredible, Regis Philbin, Merv Griffin, and Candid Camera, among others.

Listed in the Encyclopedia of Magic and Magicians, Steve studied with magic legends Tony Slydini, Dai Vernon, and Frank Garcia and has won numerous awards from the International Brotherhood of Magicians, The Society of American Magicians, and other organizations. The Academy of Magical Arts/Magic Castle where he has been a featured performer since 1973, nominated him for a Magic Academy Award for his sleight-of-hand performances.

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In London, at The Magic Circle, the most presitgious magic society in the world, Steve has lecturerd there an unprecedented three times, by special invitation. He holds the highest honors that a magician could receive: "Member of the Inner Magic Circle with Gold Star", the elite group comprised of the world's finest magicians.

Steve's extensive and varied background in magic includes creating customized magic presentations for corporate applications. Considered the world's greatest trade show booth magician, Steve frequently appears at major conventions and expositions, sometimes as an "infotainment" presentation or break-out session presenter. He has taught a series of lectures for magicians at The Magic Castle, and he often teaches magic courses and workshops at seminars and sales meetings for many Fortune 500 firms, and throughout England, France and Ireland.

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Steve has been a regular performer since 1974 in Las Vegas, at the Bellagio, Hilton, Riviera, Desert Inn, MGM Grand, Wynn, the Venetian, Aladdin, Mirage and Caesar's Palace, as well as Harrah's in Lake Tahoe and Caesar's in Atlantic City. He has appeared with such stars as Rodney Dangerfield, Tom Jones, Tony Orlando, Bob Hope and many others. Steve currently stars in his own show, "Xtreme Close-up Magic" in Las Vegas. Prior to that, he spent six years headlining in the Secret Pagoda Showroom in Caesar's Magical Empire in Caesar's Palace, logging over 3,200 performances.

For the fifth year in a row, Steve has been named the Creative Director and Web spokesman for the foremost magic web portal, MagicWebChannel.com.

In addition to his performing talents, Steve is a prolific writer and director for television and film, having directed a number of TV shows, such as Emergency Call, Bounty Hunters and Magic Notebook and created many memorable TV commercials for Diet Coke, Ford, and Mountain Dew, among others. He produced the very successful home video Magic Secrets, the first magic video for the general public, which has sold over 100,000 units to date, and Magic Party Show, which has topped 60,000 units. His interactive dinner theatre productions, including "Nathan & Nina's Jewish Italian Wedding", continue to generate rave reviews from critics and audiences alike. Most recently, "All American High School Reunion" and "Mario & Mary's Wedding" have been breaking box office records in Buffalo, New York, and Carson City, Nevada.

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