We recently connected with Christian Miró and have shared our conversation below.
Christian, appreciate you joining us today. Are you happy as a creative professional? Do you sometimes wonder what it would be like to work for someone else?
I’ve always performed for a living. When I turned 45, I decided to study to become a school teacher, and try to have a “regular job”. I did, and I loved it. I loved the school, I loved the job, and I loved the kids. But the pandemic hit, i’ve lost all my savings, and I couldn’t afford to have that regular job anymore. So now I’m back at performing on cruise ships, which I also love. I’m glad I did that back then, and I’m glad I’m back at performing full time.
Christian, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?
I’ve always wanted to be in show business. My father was an amazing actor, and I’ve always looked up to him. Since I can remember I wanted to be an actor. And that’s what I studied for. But my artistic curiosity took me on a search for different art forms. I started dancing Argentinean tango when I was 12, and became pretty good at it. When I was 19, I got hired by an Italian cruise line to do a Tango show onboard one of their ships. I never applied to do that… The Cruise Director saw me dancing in a venue in my city, Ushuaia, and asked me if I wanted to embark 2 weeks later in Rio de Janeiro to do the crossing and the Mediterranean season with them… As you can imagine, before he finished saying “season” I was already saying YES. And so I did. That was back in 1992/1993.
But my dream was to make people laugh… I was the class clown, and the one making people laugh in the family. And even if I managed to pull off a little comedy Tango choreography, Dancing wasn’t what I loved doing. It was just an excuse to be on stage, and to travel the world, but it wasn’t my goal. So I started taking more seriously my magic skills. My father had taught me a few magic tricks when I was a kid, and I kept learning through the years, but in my early 20s, I started to take it into the professional level.
By this time, I was already living in Spain, and I started doing my first gigs at family events and small venues. One thing led to another, and I started getting better, and combining my magic with comedy, mind-reading and ventriloquism, I started doing comedy mentalism when no one else did, and I decided to participate in a national competition that takes part once a year, and it’s a big deal in Spain. My intention was to show them that mentalism or mind-reading could be done in a funny way, and still be pretty magical and amazing. And I sincerely thought that they were going to crucify me for that. But instead, I won a national prize in mentalism, and it was the first time in the history of Spanish magic conventions that they gave such award to a comedian, and for a comedy routine. So my name started to be a little familiar among Spanish magicians, and I started to travel around Spain, giving lectures to magicians and teaching them my formulas and ideas on how to put comedy in mentalism. After that, and because I’m half Italian, and fluent in the language, I also toured Italy with my lectures.
Then, I went back to cruise ships, but this time as a comedy magician and ventriloquist.
I kept lecturing between ships, and in 2014 I was hired to teach mentalism and ventriloquism in the first University that had an official degree in Magic, in Madrid.
I wrote a book for magicians called “Conclusions”, where I gave performing tips and thoughts for magicians, and last year I decided to translate my book to English, and in October 2023 did a little lecture tour in South Carolina and Florida, and it went really well, had great reviews, and my book published in Amazon.
Now I’m still performing on ships, lecturing, writing my second book (this one about ventriloquism), and in 2025 I’m doing a lecture tour in the UK.
What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?
Making people happy… I think that is the most rewarding feeling for any performer.
In my case, is making people laugh. But I guess is the same for musicians, actors or entertainers in general.
When an audience member tells me that I made them forget about their problems and worries during my performance, I find it so rewarding that it makes the whole thing worthwhile. The long hours of practice and rehearsal, being away from the family for long periods, having a non-regular job with way more uncertainties and disadvantages, it all makes more sense when you know that it can give people happiness or joy, even if it’s for just a few moments.
What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?
Just sharing my craft with others. With the audiences for their entertainment, and with fellow performers to learn from my experience and my mistakes.
I love teaching as much as I do performing.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.elmagoargentino.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/magoargentino/?hl=es
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mago.argentino
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-mir%C3%B3-784618111/
- Twitter: @magoargentino
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBJUJoBSyB8_0C0NIBGlQVA
- Other: https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Christian-Mir%C3%B3/dp/B0CJH4627C/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_es_US=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&crid=2GXOC3GJKGPJ0&keywords=conclusions+christian+miro&qid=1704650735&sprefix=conclusions+christian+miro%2Caps%2C170&sr=8-1