Year-end performance at Gyeonggi Arts Center weaves together memory, experimentation, and the belief that “magic is music, painting, and language”
World-renowned illusionist Lee Eun-gyeol is set to close out the year in Suwon with “Track,” a magic performance that distills his 29-year stage career into a single, immersive show. The production will run for three days, from December 25 to 27, at the Grand Theater of Gyeonggi Arts Center, offering audiences a rare opportunity to experience the essence of his work in one place.
Track revisits the path Lee has walked so far, bringing together his signature pieces alongside rarely seen experimental works. Rather than simply lining up spectacular tricks, the show is structured as an “illusion theatre” that foregrounds narrative and emotion, inviting audiences to follow a journey of memories, milestones, and future direction.
Guided by his conviction that “magic is music, painting, and language,” Lee has long pushed beyond the traditional paradigm of magic as nothing more than a display of the impossible. Instead, he has sought to expand magic into a comprehensive artistic language. True to that philosophy, Track intricately combines illusion with stage design, video, lighting, and music to create a performance that blurs the boundaries between imagination and reality.
The opening first act, a dynamic illusion performance that reportedly took six years to perfect for just six minutes on stage, has already been praised on international stages and sets the tone for the rest of the show. Subsequent scenes are carefully crafted so that the audience’s own memories and emotions are naturally drawn into the performance, allowing them to experience what Lee describes as “another dimension of performing arts.”
As a year-end highlight, Lee Eun-gyeol’s Track is expected to offer a special experience not only for longtime magic fans but also for families and audiences seeking something different from the usual holiday fare.