Water spouting
Water spouting is a sideshow regurgitation act where a performance artist will drinking a large amount of fluids such as water and regurgitate it in a controlled manner. Water spouting can be performed by professional regurgitators and magicians.[1] Vaudeville performance artist, Hadji Ali, was known to drink water and then kerosene which he would use to start a fire and then extinguish.[2][3]
History
Water spouting had been performed since the 17th century. During this time, performance artists such as Jean Royer and Blaise Manfre were known for their spouting technique the latter was known to regurgitate water as well as wine. The act was revived by Hadji Ali during the vaudeville era. Ali was known to drink water and then kerosene which he would use to start a fire and then extinguish.[4][2][3] Other performers during this time include Mac Norton.
David Blaine performed Ali's water and kerosene act on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in November 2013. Blaine explained the process he took to emulate Ali on the show, David Blaine: Real or Magic.[5]
See also
References
- Green, Penelope (2013-07-10). "They Shoot Potatoes, Don't They?". nytimes.com. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- 501 Fascinating Facts. Pustak Mahal. 2011. pp. 191–. ISBN 978-81-223-1270-6.
- Milbourne Christopher (23 September 1991). Magic: A Picture History. Courier Corporation. pp. 10–. ISBN 978-0-486-26373-1.
- CandyGuy. "Hadji Ali - The Great Regurgitator". Circus Freaks and Human Oddites. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- Underwood, Mitya (2014-08-14). "Hadji Ali's in a tough act to swallow – just ask David Blaine". The National. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
Further reading
- Edward Claflin; Jeff Sheridan (1977). Street Magic: An Illustrated History of Wandering Magicians and Their Conjuring Arts. Dolphin Books. ISBN 978-0-385-12864-3.
- Bart King (September 2009). The Pocket Guide to Magic. Gibbs Smith. pp. 162–. ISBN 978-1-4236-1272-8.