MY BIG BRAIN

A mentalist is a magician who performs amazing supernatural feats of mind reading, hypnosis, predictions, ESP, telepathy, telekinesis, clairvoyance and precognition.

Rocco's show has none of that!

However, if you're searching for a one-of-a-kind truly unique performance that will have your audience redefining what our brains are capable of, Rocco's unique show of legitimate memory demonstrations is it. Whether your audience wants to passively watch, laugh and be amazed, or if they want to actively participate, this comical, educational and inspirational show will fit the bill.

Rocco will travel across Canada and around the world to perform at your next corporate event, sales conference, fundraiser, party, banquet, gala, country club, campus event, fair or festival to leave your audience educated, awestruck, inspired and talking about his big brain for years to come.

 

 

rocco mnemonico [email protected] 519.590.0940

 

 

Demonstrations

A stage and street performer with an incredible memory, Rocco entertains audiences of all ages with legitimate memory demonstrations, such as:

400 Digit Recall - A spectator calls out a set of coordinates from a 10x10 grid and Rocco can recall the four digit number located at that point.

The tebahplA Trick - Rocco can repeat the numerical position of any letter in the alphabet, or recite the alphabet backwards, OR teach the entire audience how to recite the alphabet backwards in under 5 minutes.

American Recall - Rocco is able to recall all the American states, capitals, Presidents, and Vice Presidents in and out of order.

Celebrity Birthday Feat - A spectator names their birthday and Rocco can instantly name the day of the week on which it falls, and recall a famous celebrity with the same birthday.

Cube Root - Spectator cubes a 'secret' two-digit number and provides the result. In his head, Rocco calculates the cube root and reveals the original secret number.

Deck Memorization - A deck of cards is shuffled and Rocco can recall the cards, in and out of order, after looking through the deck only once.

Hide 'N Seek Cards - Several spectators select a playing card and name them along with a hiding place. When the hiding places are called out, Rocco names their card, and vice versa.

The Knight's Tour - Always the finale, a random starting square is determined by the audience, and Rocco completes the Knight's Tour, BLINDFOLDED and under threat of dismemberment.

 

The Knights Tour

The Knight's Tour is the single most difficult chess puzzle known to man. (Though worry not; you do not need to know HOW to play chess to appreciate this demonstration of mental mastery!)

A knight's tour is a sequence of knight moves on a chessboard such that it visits every square only once. The knight's move is unusual among chess pieces - the complete move looks like the letter L.

It has been stated that the greatest chess players of all time can see 15 - 20 moves in advance. In this demonstration, Rocco endeavours to see all 64 of them.

Rocco tracks the Knight's movements solely in his mind, as he performs this demonstration blindfolded. And in order to increase the level of difficulty, the audience randomly selects the starting square. Right up until the 64th move is made, onlookers truly believe that this demonstration is not only improbable, but utterly impossible.

In the event that he fails to successfully complete the Tour, Rocco punishes himself by literally adding injury to insult, undertaking an unforgettable act of self-injurious behavior that makes the audience gasp and wince and leaves them with a sensational effect that will always be remembered.

 

 

 

Workshops

Memory Improvement Workshop

There is no such thing as bad memories, only disciplined or undisciplined ones.

Rocco's tutorials will teach you how to train your memory and easily do such things as:

• Remember 20, 50, 100-item lists in and out of order
• Remember names and faces
• Remember important facts about people
• Remember dates, facts and figures
• Remember foreign language vocabulary and abstract information

Use your new-found abilities for more fun and trivial pursuits like

• Recall a shuffled deck of cards, in and out of order
• Recall long digit numbers with ease

Chess Workshops

Suitable for ages 7+

For students of any age that truly have an interest in learning one of the world's most popular games, these easily-digestible, hour-long sessions will have the beginner anxious to play and learn and play some more.

The Benefits of Chess:

Chess instills in young players a sense of self-confidence and self-worth;
Chess dramatically improves a child's ability to think rationally;
Chess increases cognitive skills;
Chess improves children's communication skills and aptitude in recognizing patterns,
Chess results in higher grades, especially in English and Math studies,
Chess builds a sense of team spirit while emphasizing the ability of the individual, Chess teaches the value of hard work, concentration and commitment;
Chess makes a child realize that he or she is responsible for his or her own actions and must accept their consequences;
Chess teaches children to try their best to win, while accepting defeat with grace,
Chess allows girls to compete with boys on a non-threatening, socially acceptable plane;
Chess, through competition, gives kids a palpable sign of their accomplishments