Dani DaOrtiz at Fool US 2022 (the act that Penn and Teller didn’t even try to figure out.)

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Strong rec fauria · 2023-01 · on “A Man Who Made Spain the Magic Capital of the World”

If you like Juan Tamariz, have a look at some of Dani DaOrtiz routines, another Spanish magician heavily influenced by Tamariz. This one from 2022 for Penn and Teller is amazing: [this video]

Strong rec uberuberuber · 2023-01 · on “A Man Who Made Spain the Magic Capital of the World”

His student Dani Daortiz is amazing to watch. [this video] The explanation of this 10 minute act using a non-gimmicked deck of cards is 3 hours long. [LINK]

Strong rec lisper · 2023-11 · on “Magicians less prone to mental disorders than other artists, finds research”

This is the thing that very few people understand about magic, including many aspiring magicians: there is a lot more to it than just "technical understanding". Magic is a performance art. It's a kind of acting. And you can be very good at the technical stuff and still be a terrible performer/actor. (Personally, I'm bad at both :-) Here is my favorite example. This is one of the greatest performances of all time: [this video] It looks like total chaos, and most people seeing this performance for the first time think that Dani is a master of sleight of hand, and that this performance relies on extremely difficult technical moves. In fact it is exactly the opposite. The secret "moves" are very basi

Strong rec lisper · 2025-09 · on “After 50 years, The Magic Circle finally inducts Penn and Teller”

> so much of it boils down to “I practiced for years and developed a seemingly superhuman ability to manipulate this object”. Amateur magician here (but a magician member of the Magic Castle, so I know a few things). Manual dexterity is certainly a useful skill, but it's just a tiny part of the art of magic. You can be a consummate sleight-of-hand artist and still be a mediocre magician, and conversely, some of the best magicians don't use particularly difficult sleights. The best example of that I know of is Dani Da Ortiz's routine on Penn and Teller Fool Us: [this video] Now, Dani is in fact a master at sleight-of-hand, and so one would think that you are watching a masterclass in sleights, but

Strong rec SAI_Peregrinus · 2025-10 · on “Don’t Look Up: Sensitive internal links in the clear on GEO satellites [pdf]”

Dani DaOrtiz is one of the best at that. He sells instructions for all his tricks, but he's so good at performing them that they still feel like magic even if you know what he's doing. His appearance on Fool Us¹ is a series of excellent examples of that. He palms a card onto the box, and Teller's reaction when he misses it happening is astonishment because it's such a simple move to spot but done so well Teller missed it despite looking for such moves. That continues as the act goes on, until both Penn & Teller are left experiencing only the joy of the performance & awe at Dani's skill. None of the techniques are ones they don't know about, but Dani does them so well they didn't even try to

Recommends EMM_386 · 2023-10 · on “Penn and Teller's Lab Scam [video]”

> And so if a "peer" of theirs were to explain the method to someone who didn't purchase it then it would be viewed as a dick move since it is affecting the livelihood of a fellow performer. Yep that's exactly how I interpreted it ... not because people are adhering to some sacred oath given deep in cavern in a secret location ... just that someone invented something new and unique, they are rightfully earning some money from that effort, and you could potentially destroy the whole thing simply by posting too much information about it. As you said, that would certainly be a "dick move", and since a lot of people don't want be that, they don't do that. In the end it seems to be pretty effecti

Cites toast0 · 2023-01 · on “A Man Who Made Spain the Magic Capital of the World”

It certainly isn't random. He's showing the chosen card at the top of the face up deck moments before. If you watch at 0.25x very carefully, you can see what happens next. He's very good at what he does, and it's hard to spot in real time. Amazing card scanning, too. (start around [this video] )

Cites toast0 · 2023-01 · on “A Man Who Made Spain the Magic Capital of the World”

Alyson couldn't have picked the card that was torn up, because she selected a card from the deck after the card was destroyed; [this video] is around when she's given cards to select from. On the other hand, Penn was asked to name a card which was then shown, an alternate card destroyed, and the named card shown again. If a further name a card was attempted on the 51-card deck, you'd have the chance of naming the destroyed card.