{{short description|French magician}} '''Yann Frisch''' is a French magician. His signature magic trick is a cup and ball trick called "Baltass."<ref name=Didymus>{{cite web|last=Didymus|first=John Thomas|title=Watch magician Yann Frisch perform amazing sleight-of-hand trick|url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/338610|work=In the Media|publisher=Digital Journal|access-date=24 December 2012}}</ref> A video of his sleight of hand Baltass performance was viewed 1.3 million times on YouTube in just over one week in 2012.<ref name=Milazzo>{{cite web|last=Milazzo|first=Franco|title=Video Of The Week: Yann Frisch's Baltass|url=http://www.thisiscabaret.com/video-of-the-week-yann-frischs-baltass/|publisher=This Is Cabaret|access-date=24 December 2012|archive-date=4 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204071456/http://www.thisiscabaret.com/video-of-the-week-yann-frischs-baltass/|url-status=dead}}</ref> His work has been featured on Laughing Squid, ''Boing Boing,'' MSN, Gawker, and ''The Blaze''.<ref name=Blazenhoff>{{cite web|last=Blazenhoff|first=Rusty|title=Magician Yann Frisch Plays a Disheveled Man in His Cup & Balls Routine|url=http://laughingsquid.com/magician-yann-frisch-plays-a-disheveled-man-in-his-cup-balls-routine/|publisher=Laughing Squid|access-date=24 December 2012}}</ref><ref name=Weisberger>{{cite web|last=Weisberger|first=Jason|title=Yann Frisch will boggle your mind|url=http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/yann-frisch-will-boggle-your-m.html|work=Video|publisher=Boing Boing|access-date=24 December 2012}}</ref><ref name=MSN1>{{cite web|title=This incredible sleight of hand routine will leave you stunned|url=http://now.msn.com/yann-frisch-magician-performs-amazing-sleight-of-hand-routine|work=Now|publisher=MSN|access-date=24 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213204829/http://now.msn.com/yann-frisch-magician-performs-amazing-sleight-of-hand-routine|archive-date=13 December 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Zimmerman>{{cite web|last=Zimmerman|first=Neetzan|title=This Mesmerizing Sleight of Hand Routine is Absurdly Amazing|url=http://gawker.com/yann-frisch/|work=Holy Crap|publisher=Gawker|access-date=24 December 2012}}</ref> Frisch won the Grand Prix in close-up magic at FISM 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://fism.org/web/latest-news/bye-bye-blackpool-fism-2012-draws-to-a-close/ | title=FISM 2012 draws to a close | access-date=23 December 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208064631/http://fism.org/web/latest-news/bye-bye-blackpool-fism-2012-draws-to-a-close/ | archive-date=8 December 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He was also named Champion du Monde at the 2012 Beijing International Magic Convention.<ref name=Vickers>{{cite web|last=Vickers|first=Dodd|title=Yann Frisch's Cups and Balls are Simply Absurd|url=http://www.linkingpage.com/magicnewsfeed/2012/12/9/yann-frischs-cups-and-balls-are-simply-absurd.html|work=Main|publisher=The Magic Newsire|access-date=24 December 2012}}</ref>
In 2020, he plays a character in the movie ''Les 2 Alfred'', which was selected for the Cannes Film Festival.
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==External links== *[http://www.actualites-magiques.fr/biographie/yann-frisch/ Another presentation of him] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122165417/https://www.actualites-magiques.fr/biographie/yann-frisch/ |date=2021-01-22 }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Frisch, Yann}} Category:French magicians Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:Place of birth missing (living people)