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'''Jay (né Jonathan) Sankey''' was born in 1963 in Montreal, Canada, and moved to Toronto with his family (mother, father, brother Christopher and sister Gretchen) soon after. He began exploring magic at the age of 14 and, during his "formative" years, was educated in the performing side of the art through children’s shows, restaurant magic, and walkaround corporate events.
  
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At the age of 19, Sankey sent an introductory letter and videotape to [[Richard Kaufman]] featuring some of his original ideas (including his now seminal coin sleight, “HPC-CPH”), which resulted in a double one-man issue of [[Richard's Almanac]] (Issue 5/6, January-February, 1983). The contents generated buzz among magic’s cognoscenti, and before long, Sankey was invited to perform and/or lecture at prestigious gatherings such as [[Fechter's Finger Flicking Frolic]], Close Encounters, and [[The New York Magic Symposium]]. In addition, he began writing a series of columns on magic theory for [[The Magic Manuscript]].
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In 1986, [[Sankey Panky]] was published, the first of two large collections of Sankey’s magic written by [[Richard Kaufman]] (the second, [[100% Sankey]], came out in 1990). Material for a third book had also been collected by Kaufman, but was eventually transferred to [[Gabe Fajuri]], written up by [[Jon Racherbaumer]], illustrated by [[Earle Oakes]], and published by [[Squash Publishing]] in 2004 as [[Sankey Unleashed]].
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In 1990, Sankey began experimenting with stand-up comedy, a parallel career that quickly took root, forcing him to divert much of his creative energy from magic. The investment resulted in a one-man special for CBC as part of their ''Comics!'' series, a one-man special for Bravo based on his Fringe Festival show, ''Contents Under Pressure'', and a CD on the Attic label called ''Odd Little Man''. In addition, Sankey wrote a benchmark book called [[Zen and the Art of Stand-Up Comedy]], described on the back cover as, ''“an insider’s look that explains stand-up from the ground up.”'' The book, published by Routledge in New York, quickly sold out of its first printing, and two years later was joined by a sequel - [[Zen and the Art of the Monologue]] (Routledge, 2000).
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[[Image:Sankey_&_Hall_(Spellz).jpg|thumb|150px|Jay Sankey & Bridget Hall Co-Host "Spellz"]]
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At the start of the new millennium, Sankey turned his attention back to magic and released a handful of tricks through [[Hampton Ridge]] (e.g., [[Measle Deck]]), then [[Elmwood Magic]] (e.g., [[The Big Finish]], [[One Car Garage]], [[Chain Reaction]]) before forming a company, [[Sankey Magic]], dedicated to manufacturing and distributing his own creations. More recently, he co-developed (with magician [[David Peck]]) and began co-hosting (with actress Bridget Hall) a television series called [[Spellz]], devoted to teaching children about the art of magic. The series is going into its third season and airs exclusively on a regional Canadian network, TV Ontario. Seasons I and II are now available on DVD.
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Sankey also recently contributed material to [[Criss Angel: Mindfreak]], and is currently a columnist for [[M.U.M. magazine]].
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== Books by and/or About Jay Sankey ==
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*(1986) [[Sankey Panky]] by [[Richard Kaufman]] ([[Kaufman and Greenberg]])
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*(1987) [[When Creators Collide]] (with [[Richard Sanders]]) ([[Ben Harris Magic]])
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*(1990) [[100% Sankey]], by [[Richard Kaufman]] ([[Kaufman and Greenberg]])
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*(1998) [[Zen and the Art of Stand-Up Comedy]] (Routledge/Theater Arts)
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*(2000) [[Zen and the Art of The Monologue]] (Routledge/Theater Arts)
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*(2004) [[Beyond Secrets]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*(2004) [[Sankey Unleashed]], by [[Jon Racherbaumer]] ([[Squash Publishing]])
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*(2012) The Definitive Sankey (3 Volumes accompanied by a DVD) by Andi Gladwin & Joshua Jay
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== Books to Which Jay Sankey Has Contributed ==
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*(1983) [[The New York Magic Symposium - Collection 2]] by [[Richard Kaufman]] ([[The New York Magic Symposium]]). “Transfusion (Mono),” “Transfusion (Stereo)”
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*(1984) [[Close-Up Seductions]] by [[Paul Harris]] ([[D. Robbins and Co.]]). “10”
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*(1984) [[The New York Magic Symposium - Collection 3]] by [[Adam Fleischer]] and [[Stephen Minch]] ([[The New York Magic Symposium]]). “Remarkerable”
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*(1985) [[The New York Magic Symposium - Collection 4]] by [[Stephen Minch]] ([[The New York Magic Symposium]]). “Bit By Bit,” “Descartes Meets the Popouts”
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*(1986) [[The New York Magic Symposium - Collection 5]] by [[Stephen Minch]] (Japanese section written by [[Phil Goldstein]]) ([[The New York Magic Symposium]]). “Once is Never Enough,” “Canned Applause”
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* (1990) [[Spectacle]], by [[Stephen Minch]] ([[L & L Publishing]]). “The Face-Up Rub-A-Dub Vanish,” “Lingering Illusion,” “Lasting Illusion.”
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*(1999) [[Natural Selections, Volume II]], by [[David Acer]] ([[Camirand Academy of Magic]]). “All But One,” “The Montreal Transpo,” and “The Pagemaster” (all collaborations with Acer)
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* (2001) [[The Magic Menu: Years 6 Through 10]], edited by [[Jim Sisti]] ([[L & L Publishing]]). “A Match By Any Other Name,” “Creamed,” “Sugar Rush,” “Free Choice?” (with [[David Acer]])
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*(2004) [[Random Acts of Magic]], by [[David Acer]] ([[Camirand Academy of Magic]]). “Uppity,” “Count On It,” “Child’s Play,” “Misguided Angels,” “Cap in Hand,” “Under Foot,” and “The Flipwiches of Eastwick” (all collaborations with Acer)
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*(2006) [[Switch]], by [[Jon Lovick]] ([[Murphy’s Magic Supplies]]). “Crocodile Tear,” “Display Subtlety #2,” “Do Not Fold,” “Travelling Expenses,” “Unholy”
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== Marketed Tricks by Jay Sankey ==
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*[[3 Ring Circus]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[About Face]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Airtight]] (originally published in [[Richard's Almanac]], November, 1983, then reprinted in [[Sankey Panky]], [[Richard Kaufman| Kaufman]], 1986)
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*[[Astral Projection]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Big Finish, The]] (with [[Paul Richards]]) ([[Elmwood Magic]])
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*[[Bigger Finish, The]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Billusion]] ([[Elmwood Magic]]) (originally published as "The Four-Dimensional Coin" in [[Sankey Panky]], [[Richard Kaufman| Kaufman]], 1986)
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*[[Cardboard Contortionists]] ([[Elmwood Magic]]) (originally published in [[Sankey Panky]], [[Richard Kaufman| Kaufman]], 1986)
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*[[Chain Reaction]] ([[Elmwood Magic]])
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*[[Coin Collector]] ([[Elmwood Magic]])
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*[[Compact Compass]] ([[Elmwood Magic]]
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*[[Completely Impossible]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Descendent]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Dough]] ([[Sankey Magic]]) (originally published in [[100% Sankey]], [[Richard Kaufman| Kaufman]], 1990)
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*[[Earplugs]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Final Fusion]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Fine Print, The]] ([[Elmwood Magic]])
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*[[Folding Deck, The]] ([[Elmwood Magic]])
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*[[Hijacked]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Hole Hop]] ([[Elmwood Magic]])
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*[[In a Bind]] ([[Elmwood Magic]])
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*[[In a Flash]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Inseparable]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Invisible]] (with deck) ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Just Imagine]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Just Name It]] ([[Elmwood Magic]])
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*[[Key Deposit]] ([[Elmwood Magic]])
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*[[Killer Key]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Leaving Home]] ([[Sankey Magic]]) (originally published in [[Genii 1999 June]], then later in [[Sankey Unleashed]], [[Jon Racherbaumer|Racherbaumer]], 2004)
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*[[Lightning Bolt]] ([[Elmwood Magic]])
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*[[Lockdown]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Measle Deck]] ([[Hampton Ridge]])
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*[[Mercuring]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Moving Violation]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Nailed!]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[One Car Garage]] ([[Elmwood Magic]])
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*[[Pandora's Box]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[PaperClipped]] ([[Sankey Magic]]) (originally published as "# * @ !" in [[100% Sankey]], [[Richard Kaufman| Kaufman]], 1990)
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*[[Public Transit]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Prediction Impossible]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Revelations Shirt]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Single Ambition]] ([[Elmwood Magic]])
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*[[Smashed]] (with coins) ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Snowstorm]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Spookey]] ([[Sankey Magic]]) (originally published in [[100% Sankey]], [[Richard Kaufman| Kaufman]], 1990)
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*[[Target Practice]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[The Disappearance]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[The Shift]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Tranz4mr]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Twister]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Ultimate Bill Switch Kit]] ([[Elmwood Magic]])
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*[[Wrap It Up]] ([[Sankey Magic]]) (originally published in [[100% Sankey]], [[Richard Kaufman| Kaufman]], 1990)
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*[[XL]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Zero Gravity]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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== DVDs by Jay Sankey (Multiple Routines) ==
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*[[45]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[22 Blows To The Head]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Amazing Magic and Mentalism Anyone Can Do! Volume 1]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Amazing Magic and Mentalism Anyone Can Do! Volume 2]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Anytime Anywhere]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Create Your Own Magic]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Extremely Ambitious]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Firestarters]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Front Row Sankey]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Hemispheres]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Hundred Dollar Miracles]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[International Collection]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Invisible]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Kaleidoscope]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[No Card Tricks!]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Real Work on Restaurants and Bars]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Revolutionary Card Magic]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Revolutionary Coin Magic]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Revolutionary Coin Magic 2.0]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Sankey's Greatest Hits]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Sankey Live!]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Sankey's Secret Files]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Sleight of Hand Secrets with Cards]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Sleight of Hand Secrets with Coins]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Spontaneous Combustion]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[Supernatural]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[The Art of Sleight of Hand]], with [[Richard Sanders]], [[Mike Skutt]], [[Jason Maloney]], [[David Peck]], [[Wij]], [[Allan Nackan]], [[Colin Bartlett]] and [[Ray Chance]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[The Sankey/Sanders Sessions, Volume 1]], with [[Richard Sanders]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[The Sankey/Sanders Sessions, Volume 2]], with [[Richard Sanders]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[The Sankey/Skutt Sessions]], with [[Mike Skutt]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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*[[The Very Best of Jay Sankey, Volume 1]] ([[L & L Publishing]])
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*[[The Very Best of Jay Sankey, Volume 2]] ([[L & L Publishing]])
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*[[The Very Best of Jay Sankey, Volume 3]] ([[L & L Publishing]])
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*[[Underground Jam]], with [[Joe Diamond]], [[Eric Leclerc]] and [[Jeff Stone]] ([[Sankey Magic]])
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== Lecture Notes Tricks by Jay Sankey (1982 to Present) ==
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*[[Crossroads]] (with [[David Acer]])
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*[[Material Fiction]]
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*[[Memorable Images]]
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*[[Sankey 90]]
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*[[The Night Before]] (with [[David Acer]])
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== Jay Sankey in Genii ==
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*[http://geniimagazine.com/back_issues/1999/index.html June 1999 (cover)]
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*[http://geniimagazine.com/back_issues/2006/10/index.html October, 2006 (Magicana) • How Fortunate]
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{{References}}
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*Cover [[Genii 1999 June]]
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*[http://www.sankeymagic.com Sankey Magic Website]
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[[Category:Biographies|Sankey,Jay]]
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Revision as of 19:46, 11 June 2013

Jay Sankey
Born1963
Montreal, Canada

CategoriesBooks by Jay Sankey

Jay (né Jonathan) Sankey was born in 1963 in Montreal, Canada, and moved to Toronto with his family (mother, father, brother Christopher and sister Gretchen) soon after. He began exploring magic at the age of 14 and, during his "formative" years, was educated in the performing side of the art through children’s shows, restaurant magic, and walkaround corporate events.

At the age of 19, Sankey sent an introductory letter and videotape to Richard Kaufman featuring some of his original ideas (including his now seminal coin sleight, “HPC-CPH”), which resulted in a double one-man issue of Richard's Almanac (Issue 5/6, January-February, 1983). The contents generated buzz among magic’s cognoscenti, and before long, Sankey was invited to perform and/or lecture at prestigious gatherings such as Fechter's Finger Flicking Frolic, Close Encounters, and The New York Magic Symposium. In addition, he began writing a series of columns on magic theory for The Magic Manuscript.

In 1986, Sankey Panky was published, the first of two large collections of Sankey’s magic written by Richard Kaufman (the second, 100% Sankey, came out in 1990). Material for a third book had also been collected by Kaufman, but was eventually transferred to Gabe Fajuri, written up by Jon Racherbaumer, illustrated by Earle Oakes, and published by Squash Publishing in 2004 as Sankey Unleashed.

In 1990, Sankey began experimenting with stand-up comedy, a parallel career that quickly took root, forcing him to divert much of his creative energy from magic. The investment resulted in a one-man special for CBC as part of their Comics! series, a one-man special for Bravo based on his Fringe Festival show, Contents Under Pressure, and a CD on the Attic label called Odd Little Man. In addition, Sankey wrote a benchmark book called Zen and the Art of Stand-Up Comedy, described on the back cover as, “an insider’s look that explains stand-up from the ground up.” The book, published by Routledge in New York, quickly sold out of its first printing, and two years later was joined by a sequel - Zen and the Art of the Monologue (Routledge, 2000).

Jay Sankey & Bridget Hall Co-Host "Spellz"

At the start of the new millennium, Sankey turned his attention back to magic and released a handful of tricks through Hampton Ridge (e.g., Measle Deck), then Elmwood Magic (e.g., The Big Finish, One Car Garage, Chain Reaction) before forming a company, Sankey Magic, dedicated to manufacturing and distributing his own creations. More recently, he co-developed (with magician David Peck) and began co-hosting (with actress Bridget Hall) a television series called Spellz, devoted to teaching children about the art of magic. The series is going into its third season and airs exclusively on a regional Canadian network, TV Ontario. Seasons I and II are now available on DVD.

Sankey also recently contributed material to Criss Angel: Mindfreak, and is currently a columnist for M.U.M. magazine.

Books by and/or About Jay Sankey

Books to Which Jay Sankey Has Contributed

Marketed Tricks by Jay Sankey

DVDs by Jay Sankey (Multiple Routines)

Lecture Notes Tricks by Jay Sankey (1982 to Present)

Jay Sankey in Genii


References

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