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The Conversation: The Magicians: Ekaterina Dobrokhotova and Adeline Ng

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Magicians Ekaterina Dobrokhotova and Adeline Ng

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Two magicians from Singapore and Canada talk card tricks and dazzling sleight of hand

Two female magicians who refuse to wear a suit and tie and fishnet stockings reveal the tricks of their trade.

Ekaterina Dobrokhotova was born in Moscow, and moved to Quebec when she was eight. She learnt magic as a teenager via the internet, practised every day for hours, and soon began to perform in public. Ekaterina is now the most watched female magician on YouTube.  She specialises in the art of card manipulation, and believes the true secret of magic is not how good you are, but about how you make people feel.

Adeline Ng is the only practising female magician in Singapore. She incorporates elements of her Chinese culture into her illusion stage show, which she has performed across Asia and Australia. When she started out, she struggled to get respect from the male theatre technicians, so took courses in sound and lighting and now feels more confident to say what she wants. 

(Photo: Ekaterina Dobrokhotova (L), with permission from E. Dobrokhotova. (R) Adeline Ng. Credit: Arron Teo)

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