International Champion Magician Eli! and his all Teen Team combine comedy and illusion at the Animas City Theater July 31st-August 1st. Award winning teen magician, and now International Television star from Toledo, OH, Eli! will perform at the Animas City Theater On July 31st at 7:00 PM, and August 31st at 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM. Seventeen year old Eli is a rising star in magic with a fast paced show that combines classic magic performed with a hip and modern twist.

Eli opens the show producing doves from thin air and then vanishing them right back again moments later. That particular piece of prestidigitation has won Eli numerous national and international magic titles, and recently had him flying to Italy to perform on the biggest television show in all of Europe: La Grande Magia, The Illusionist; a show which showcased the top 30 magicians under 30 from around the world.

This quick and quirky comedy magic show also includes crazy machete juggling, audience participation and Eli's version of Houdini's classic Metamorphosis, a lightning fast illusion that is extremely physically challenging. "My assistant is trained in ballet and wrestling, and this particular piece can be dangerous if you're not really strong," says Eli.

Eli's delightful deceptive family magic show is all in the family as he is assisted by his two long time assistants, sister Emma, 15, and cousin Gabby 16. Both began their careers on stage with Eli before they entered Kindergarten. After over a decade of performing together, these amazing teens present a show that is polished and packed with powerful magic that is both silly at times yet sophisticated throughout.

At the age of six, Eli became the youngest champion magician in the US, and for the past ten years he has traveled the country wowing thousands of people and picking up numerous awards and titles along the way. Eli's renown in magic community itself sparked ABC to seek out Eli and his magic family and to feature them on an episode of their hit TV show Wife Swap. He is the youngest winner in history of the prestigious International Brotherhood of Magician's Jr. award, and the youngest and only two time winner of Abbott's Magic Get-Together - the longest running magic contest in the United States. Past winners include such luminaries as Lance Burton, Franz Harary and David Copperfield. On the web: www.MagicwithEli.com / www.facebook.com/magicwitheli