JEFF SHERIDAN is an internationally famous magician who has performed all over Europe and in particular Germany for the last 8 years. He has appeared at such famous venues as: The Tiger Palace in Frankfurt, the Opera Comic in Paris and Shau Bune in Berlin. He has performed for notables including the President of Germany & has numerous corporate clientele such as Mercedes Benz.

In America, Jeff is most well known for his pioneering work as a streetperformer.

(BELOW is an excerpt from Jeff's book Street Magic, Copyright 1977 Edward Claflin and Jeff Sheridan -- Published by Kaufman & Company.)

Jeff Sheridan is a street magician in the traditional sense, taking his place among the conjurers, tregetours, and escamoteurs of history. When he began performing in 1967, Jeff Sheridan was the only street magician in New York, but in more recent years a number of magicians have begun performing in various locations around the city . . .

. . . The crowd, as it turned out, was watching a magician. The conjurer had mounted the pedestal of the statue and was performing a number of tricks with cigarettes, ropes, and cards. As I looked on, more people gathered around the fringes of the audience.

The magician was young, dark-haired, dressed entirely in black. He performed with ease, expertly judging the response of the crowd. As the performance continued the audience -- a broad mix of many ages, nationalities, and races -- responded warmly to each illusion, and often greeted the "finish" of a trick with spontaneous applause and laughter.

The show, completely in mime lasted about ten minutes. When the magician wished to have the assistance of a spectator, he merely signaled a person with a gesture. His own movements, with the absence of explanation, were almost dream-like, yet he was able to excite a variety of responses ranging from hilarity to astonishment. When the act was finished and the applause of the crowd had been acknowledged, he stepped down from the improvisational stage and passed his black bag among the spectators.

The performance struck me as both stylish and oddly mysterious. I stayed for several shows, which he repeated with brief intervals in-between, until a new crowd would gather. Like many spectators, I was curious, and later approached him to ask about his profession.

The answer was much longer than I expected. As it turned out, a contemporary street magician had a long an interesting story to tell. It was the story of his experiences, his craft, and finally the history of an art called Street Magic.