Dante Valentino

Close-up magic is Dante Valentino's specialty: polished, visual, and interactive high caliber entertainment for adults, performed inches away rather than from a stage. Rather than asking guests to watch from a distance, he puts the magic in their own hands — an approach director Robert Rodriguez described as like real-life special effects.

Dante calls himself a storyteller as much as a magician, building moments that draw people in emotionally so they wonder not only how the card changed, but why. The work suits guests seated at tables or strolling through small groups, which makes it a natural fit for dinners, corporate events, house parties, weddings, receptions and birthdays, where a few minutes of magic becomes the icebreaker everyone repeats afterwards.