Arian Black

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Arian Black is a professional magician who is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. She has headlined her own show in Vegas and appeared on a number of national and international television shows. She is known in the magic world for her efforts to encourage and promote other female performers. She was voted Female Magician of the Year in 2004.^[1]

Arian was born in Canada and began doing magic when she was five years old. She turned professional when she was 19 and moved to New York, where she ended up working at the Trump Plaza and Trump's Castle in Atlantic City. That led to various international work and after several years she settled in Las Vegas.^[2]

In Vegas she headlined her own magic show Secrets which played at the Fitzgerald's Hotel and Casino.^[3] She has also appeared in a number of other shows in major venues likeSplash at the Riveria Hotel and Casino. In addition she does a large amount of corporate work.

On television she has been seen in two episodes of Steve Harvey's Big Time on the WB network.^[4] ^[5] She has also appeared on an Animal Planet special with Lance Burton. She has appeared in BBC shows, and series for French and Italian networks and for the Canadian network CBC.^[6]

Arian studied with the late Doug Henning. She also has a degree in magic having studied with Dale Salwack at the Chavez School of Magic.

[edit] References

^ International Magicians Society, Merlin Award for Female Magician of the Year 2004.
^ Jerry Fink, "Q & A with Arian Black", in the Las vegas Sun, 20 Nov 2005,
^ Steve Marcus, in the "Las Vegas Sun," October 18, 2002
^ Big Time - Episode #2.15 (2005). Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on March 20, 2007.
^ Steve Harvey's Bigtime Challenge: Episode 215. TV.com / CNET Networks Entertainment. Retrieved on March 8, 2007.
^ Fink, Q & A with Arian Black