Carisa Hendrix
Carisa Hendrix | |
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| Born | |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Other names | Lucy Darling |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Occupation | Magician & Live stunt performer |
| Known for | Fire eating Magician |
| Awards | Best Comedy Magic Show at the Melbourne Magic Festival |
| Website | www |
Carisa Hendrix is Canada-based magician and fire eater who often performs under the persona Lucy Darling.
Early life
Hendrix was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and grew up in Calgary where she is currently based.Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name (see the help page). She was a former art student and[1] model.[2]
Performing Career
She was the subject of the 2016 Super Channel documentary Girl on Fire. [3]
She has been profiled in major press numerous times on the rise of ‘the female magician” [4][5] because the field of magic has historically been male-dominated [6] and female magicians are considered “extremely rare.”[7]
She has been featured repeatedly at the Melbourne Magic Festival.[8]
She has been named artist-in-residence at the Chicago Magic Lounge for 2019.[9]
She is a regular performer at The Magic Castle, in Hollywood, California, where she performs as “Lucy Darling,” a sharp-tongued magician character she partly bases on Dorothy Parker.[10]
Awards and Recognitions
In 2012 she set the Guinness world record[11] for how long she could hold a lit torch in her mouth, a feat that was featured in both the Guinness Book of World Records in 2014, and Ripley's Believe it or Not in 2015.
In 2017, Hendrix won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award,[12] the Award for Best Comedy Show at The Melbourne Magic Festival,[13] and in 2019 won the Allan Slaight Foundation’s Canadian Rising Star Award. [14][15]
References
- ^ "Artist Bio & Art Gallery | Carisa Hendrix | Award Winning Magician, Circus Stunt Girl & Fire Eater | Calgary & Edmonton". www.carisahendrix.com. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ^ "Carisa Hendrix". www.modelmayhem.com. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ^ "Calgary fire eater Carisa Hendrix stars in new documentary Girl on Fire". October 12, 2016.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Malvern, Jack (2019-04-01). "Hey presto . . . the rise of female magicians". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ^ February 14, Eric Volmers Updated:; 2019 (2019-02-08). "Who's that girl? Calgary magician Carisa Hendrix and the rise of Lucy Darling | Calgary Herald". Retrieved 2019-08-25.
{{cite web}}:|last2=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Bhattacharya, Tania. "It's No Trick: Women Are Crashing the Male-Dominated World of Magic". OZY. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ^ "Award Winning Female Comedy Magician Lucy Darling". www.lotl.com. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ^ Brookfield, Joanne (2018-06-23). "Magic is having a moment, mixing comedy and music with the art of illusion". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ^ Desk, BWW News. "Chicago Magic Lounge Announces Next Show In The Artist-In-Residence Series". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ February 14, Eric Volmers Updated:; 2019 (2019-02-08). "Who's that girl? Calgary magician Carisa Hendrix and the rise of Lucy Darling | Calgary Herald". Retrieved 2019-08-25.
{{cite web}}:|last2=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Carisa Hendrix Fire eater and world record holder – TheYYSCENE". Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ^ "Melbourne Magic Festival 2017 Winners". The Melbourne Magic Festival™. 2017. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Carisa Hendrix - Up Close & Personal". Australian Institute of Magic. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ^ "Allan Slaight Award - Carisa Hendrix". The Melbourne Magic Festival™. 2019-06-25. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ^ "Canadian Rising Star 2019". Magicana. 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
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