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'''Mark Kalin''' and '''Jinger Leigh''' are an award-winning American magic couple known for large-scale stage shows and for appearances on network television specials.
 
Jinger is both an on-stage assistant and business partner to husband Kalin. In 1997, they formed Supreme Entertainment Productions and produced ''Before Your Very Eyes'', a themed revue that played at Trump's Marina in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In 1999, together with comedy magician Jeff Hobson, they staged the magic-illusion show ''Carnival of Wonders''.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.bestmagicshow.com/majikal/creators.html
|title = ''Creators of Wonder''
|publisher = Majikal Productions
|accessdate = 2007-03-14
}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> The show won awards and prompted ''[[Magic Magazine]]'' to draw comparisons with [[Servais Le Roy|Le Roy, Talma & Bosco]].<ref>{{Cite journal
|last = Caveney
|first = Mike
|url = http://www.magicmagazine.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=93
|journal = Magic Magazine
|title = review
|volume = 8
|date = May 1999
|issue = 9
|postscript = <!--None-->
}}</ref>
In 2001, Kalin & Jinger purchased the remaining company interest in Supreme Entertainment and formed a new company, Majikal Productions, employing the talents of magician and former [[David Copperfield|Copperfield]] choreographer [[Joanie Spina]] and leading illusion designer [[Jim Steinmeyer]]. Their first venture under the new company name was ''Illusionarium'' at the Reno Hilton, in Reno, Nevada.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.bestmagicshow.com/majikal/creators.html
|title = ''Creators of Wonder''
|publisher = Majikal Productions
|accessdate = 2007-03-14
}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Their current projects include ''Magic Underground'' a dedicated magic venue in Reno.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://visitreno.com/mu/bio.htm
|title = ''A New Style of Wizardry''
|publisher = visitreno.com
|accessdate = 2007-03-14}}</ref>
 
Kalin and Jinger have made numerous television appearances. They featured in the [[Gary Ouellet]]-produced ''[[The World's Greatest Magic|World's Greatest Magic II]]'' in 1995<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://magictelevision.org/portal/index.php?/1990s/1995/the-worlds-greatest-magic-ii.html
|title =  ''World's Greatest Magic II''
|publisher = [http://magcitelevision.org Magic Television]
|accessdate = February 8, 2011}}</ref> and NBC's ''Hidden Secrets of Magic'' in 1996.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://magictelevision.org/portal/index.php?/1990s/1996/hidden-secrets-of-magic.html
|title =  ''Hidden Secrets of Magic ''
|publisher = [http://magcitelevision.org Magic Television]
|accessdate = February 8, 2011}}</ref> On the 1998 network special ''[[The World's Most Dangerous Magic]]'', Kalin performed the "Table of Terror" (a "[[Table of Death]]" style escape).<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://magictelevision.org/portal/index.php?/1990s/1998/worlds-most-dangerous-magic.html
|title =  ''World's Most Dangerous Magic''
|publisher = [http://magcitelevision.org Magic Television]
|accessdate = February 8, 2011}}</ref>
 
==Awards==
In 1998 Kalin & Jinger were voted magic’s highest honor, Magicians of the Year, by the prestigious Academy of Magical Arts—Hollywood’s Magic Castle. Other recipients include David Copperfield, Doug Henning, David Blaine, Lance Burton, Criss Angel and Penn & Teller.
 
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.bestmagicshow.com/ Official website]

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