Henderson, Brad: The Dance ©2000 and 2003 Brad Henderson and Henderson Productions Hardcover, no dj, 5.75x8.75, 121 pages

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Comments: on the performance and process of Cold Reading mentalism

Contents (from book ToC):

6 About the Author
7 Preface
8 Acknowledgements

11 Considerations
11 How to use this book
13 Sexism
16 Slippery Slopes
16 A (jagged) line in the sand
21 I come to praise Ms Browne, not to bury her

23 Foundations
23 The Myth of the Cold Reading
The Truth about Cold Reading
28 What’s My Motivation?
30 Methods in the Madness
31 Interpretation - The Method Behind the Method
35 Just the Facts Ma’am
37 Involvement: Sitter-derived Readings
41 Climbing Out on the Psychic Limb
44 Immunity via Uniqueness
44 Dealing with Skeptics
37 Summary

49 The Dance
49 A Beast With Two Backs - The Rhythm of the Dance
55 Is It this one, or this one? How to ask a question
56 does this make sense?
58 multiple choice
59 off center fishing
61 negative question and the method
63 beware the friendly stereotype
66 crafted communication
67 data collection - a.k.a. clip boards are for wussies
68 we have ways of making you talk
71 backpedaling
72 the method as method
73 project misses into the future
74 projecting into the shadows of the past
74 an anecdote for the problem
76 the ethical issue
77 recapitulation
79 the dance and method a summary

81 Attitudes
81 Headgames

83 Private Readings
83 Commitment
83 Stance
84 Who it's not about
84 A Warning to Magicians, Mentalists and performers
88 Who it is about

90 Performance Reading
90 When Skeptics Attack - Sacrifice the Ego
94 To Read or Mot To Read
95 The Nature of the Beast
97 When THEY decide it's ShowTime
99 Going on Stage
101 We might as well sell T-shirts
101 Dance a Little Side Step
103 Team Effort
105 I'm ready for my close up Mr DeMille
106 Ask and Ye shall Receive
108 The Wonderful Thing about Triggers
108 Conclusion
109 On Being Perfect

111 Performance Pieces
111 The Old Gypsy Woman
116 The Everlasting Pendulum Trick