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SUMMARY:Lecture 6: The Offbeat
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The offbeat has been described as the blind spot in the audience’s perception. But what does this mean? A lot of people have heard of the off-beat but don’t actually know what it is. 
The off-beat is quite simply the moment of relaxation. It is when your audience takes a break from watching intently and more crucially, it is when they drop their guard. Most spectators, well at least those genuinely interested in what you’re doing, watch you like a hawk. They want to try and catch you out. They want to be able to say to you “I saw you do that”, or “I saw that move”. 
It is our job as magicians to ensure they don’t see “it”. So we need to create an off-beat in order to do “the move”. How do we do it? Well, quite simply it is by creating the moment of relaxation. This can be done in a number of ways. 
The first thing to control is your stance. Leaning forward, even slightly, creates anticipation in your audience. It puts them on edge and they’ll be watching everything you do. So take...

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