Luis Boyano is a magician and psychologist, and he combines both show knowledge, motivational workshops and all the circumstances that arise in existence. Winner of a world magic prize awarded by the International Federation of Magical Societies, he is humble, talkative and remembers his beginnings as a mime at Retiro in 1984. You can see him at the Victoria Theater or find him at Chamberí, the one of its neighborhoods. In addition, this man, born in La Cañiza, Pontevedra in 1961, is a gerund magician; that is to say, he never stops studying what he calls “magical culture”. He loves the mountains of Madrid as a certain Felipe II has already seen and sees how telluric the mountainous soils are. The Madrid sun seems to him to be a miracle, just like the green of the city, of the region. However, he criticizes the fact that the city provokes a certain aggressiveness from the population due to the very natural reason of “earning a living”. It is true that the magical component of Madrid, according to him, has been disappearing in recent years. He accuses that it may be a matter of haste. From the nomadism of the bear and the strawberry tree to the Puerta del Sol, the Puerta del Sol itself has a negative opinion. With his wand, he made the noise disappear.Related news Standard SETTLER Si Leo Rivera (“Seven Lives”): “By chance, since there are so many, in Madrid, we find wonderful people” Jesús Nieto Jurado De Talavera , has spent his entire life in a Madrid which for him is magical because of its inhabitants, because of the theaters and because of La Elipa. You are a magician and psychologist. Not a psychomage, but listen, as a mental expert, give me an x-ray of the Madrid native. A psychological report, wow. — People are very crazy. (Laughs). No, man. What I would say is that people, under pressure from the city, are a little aggressive because they have to earn a living. —I don’t know if the illusionists do reports, but I’m asking you for another one in your other state. —Madrid is magical and the people of Madrid are magical. Over the last eight or ten years, a lot has changed, it’s true. — For better or for worse? — For me, for the worst. Too many tourists come in a hurry not to soak up the city. We arrive in a tourist apartment, and without that, as I said, to immerse ourselves in the capital. — How to immerse yourself in the streets of Madrid? — Knowing that we have a wonderful Lavapiés, we have a wonderful Chamberí, a neighborhood in Austria where I lived beautifully for many years. And if you want to do a park tour, we have Retiro Park and all that is West Park. And this green of Madrid…—The green of Madrid?—Few cities in Europe have the green of Madrid. I am lucky to live in an area, Los Peñascales, between Torrelodones and Las Rozas, and there is a greenery there that is not there in my own Galician town. We also benefit from a fantastic and wonderful mountain range that people have yet to discover. But you walk down the boulevards, down any street in Chamberí, and there are trees everywhere. And then there is Casa de Campo, which we haven’t talked about. — What is telluric, what is mysterious about the mountain range? Felipe II has already seen it… — Just go up to Abantos, sit on Felipe II’s chair and see all the green. Or to Canto del Pico and contemplate seven or eight villages surrounded by greenery. —And is the city magical? – Yes. First, there’s a lot of green as we said. Second, the illumination of this almost always bright sun is there. If it snows, it’s fantastic. It’s just that as a Galician I try to escape so much rain and fog. Or I escaped other things, but I wanted to come here to train as an artist and I discovered here what the Sun is. For me, the Sun was the real discovery of Madrid. — What can a magician bring to the capital? Or rather, what can Madrid give to a magician? I don’t know what a magician can give Madrid. — Don’t answer me in the Galician way and don’t scare me away, I beg you. — Well, I don’t know. In Madrid there are magicians, numerous and very good. — He escaped. Well, next. Is it an illusion that Madrid is the capital without a big river, without a big port that connects it to the world? Before, Valladolid was… And it’s the center, and with kilometer 0 everything begins. He’s gone until the New Year. — By the way, what do you think of Puerta del Sol? —There used to be a bear and an arbutus tree, which was moved I don’t know how many times, which is a shame and sadness, and they made it ugly. Before, there were fantastic and divine street lamps. And now there is glass that looks like the Louvre. —Is the Madrilenian gullible?—That does not depend on Madrid. It depends on personality. There are some who lose their temper and others who have a more Cartesian mentality. They are the ones who later become fascinated, because they know they cannot discover magic. — Will you return to Galicia? — I will come back to Galicia whenever my family is there. — How does an illusionist spend his day in Madrid? — There is a lot of office work and promotion. Prepare performances, and also devote a part to the study of magic. Thanks to magical culture, we always study. — With one click, what would make it disappear? — The noise. The rush.
