– ABOUT DAVID RANALLI –
David Ranalli is a globe-trotting magician, hypnotist, and entertainer.
His magic has been featured at corporate events around the world, alongside celebrities, on television, and on social media.
His touring theater show is now playing to sold-out crowds and rave reviews.
David’s shows are designed to be interactive, funny, and display jaw-dropping illusions that will blow your mind.
David Ranalli believes that magic and hypnosis are not just for entertainment, but also can be used to help wake people up and inspire people to build a better, more amazing world.
He also runs his own Performance Academy, teaching people to enhance their skills in public speaking, mental focus, and creativity.
– HISTORY & TRAINING –
David Blaine expresses “excitement” as he and Ranalli snap a photo together.
- David Ranalli is trained in the art of magic, mentalism, and hypnosis
- He has performed with celebrities like P!NK, Magic Johnson, Andrew Luck, Pat McAfee, Miles Turner, Simon Pagenaud, Michael Feinstein, and Chris Jones, to name a few
- David started magic at 13 after meeting David Copperfield backstage. He got his first gig performing in restaurants by 14. David writes and produces his own shows
- He has been featured as a two-time TEDx Speaker and starred in several TV commercials
- David went to college at Southern Illinois University. He attended college with scholarships from the Society of American Magicians. He majored in Speech Communication and Philosophy, learning everything he could about public speaking, psychology, marketing, and media. David helped conduct one of the first smartphone addiction studies and graduated at the top of his class.
- David was born with a bicuspid aortic valve and conducts experiments on himself to further advance knowledge about living with this condition. He has survived a brain aneurysm, meditates daily, and practices calisthenics. He is partially blind in his left eye.
- When not on stage, David’s time is mostly spent with his family and friends, splitting time between Chicago and Indianapolis.
- David lives inside a “Food Forest” he designed and built. He enjoys growing his own food and is working towards building a much larger forest to help fight climate change.