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Irish Sword swallower to perform at IIT Hyderabad
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Irish Sword Swallower to Perform at IIT Hyderabad. “Our audiences love you!” Prathiba Prathlad, Director Delhi International Arts Festival.
Internationally acclaimed Irish sword swallower Murray Molloy will perform his mind blowing version of the ancient Indian art of sword swallowing in Hyderabad at Nvision on the 1th and 2th of November 2014 as a start to his nationwide tour which will see him performing at different festivals all over the country. Murray Molloy is not a magician, he really does swallow the sword and is willing to let interviewers remove the sword from him to verify the reality of this amazing feat!!!
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Hyderabad, 30 October 2014. Murray Molloy has been performing and traveling all over the world from Australia to Laos and Portugal to Fiji, for more than fifteen years. He has performed on the street, in bars, clubs and festivals, in front of tribal chiefs and in the legendary Jim Rose Circus in America and the Edinburgh fringe festival. He has studied yoga in the spiritual capital of India, Benares and clown with the famous Jango Edwards in Barcelona. He currently lives in Spain where he is exploring new fusions with cutting edge creators from diverse fields.
“Our audiences love you!” Prathiba Prathlad, Director Delhi International Arts Festival.
“The kids got charisma!” Jim Rose.
One of only one hundred sword swallowers actually performing on the planet and of these one of twenty five that swallow curved swords and one of ten that swallow multiple swords at once! His repertoire also includes: Escapology, clown, comedy, fire manipulation, fakirism, pirotechnics and contortionism.
At the last count, there were less than a hundred sword swallowers on the planet of these less than half are dedicated to professionaly performing.
In contrast;
- More than 2,249 people have sucessfully climbed Mt. Everest since 1953.
- More than 1,000 people have run the four minute mile more than 4,700 times since 1954.
- More than 750 astonauts have flown in space since 1961.
- More than 2.1 millon people do parachute jumps every year.
Medical influence and curiosities about sword swallowing.
- The art of sword swallowing is more than 4000 years old, it traces its origins to India around 2000BC
- A normal person swallows about 600 times per day – 350 times while awake, 200 times during meals and 50 times while sleeping.
- A normal swallow uses more than 50 pairs of muscles and can take from three to twenty-three seconds to complete.
- Sword swallowers use mind over matter to repress the gag reflex, the peristalsis reflex in the throat and the stomach retching reflex to swallow swords that can measure up to 72 cm's.
- The art of sword swallowing can take between two and seven years to learn, and some people even after years of training are unable to learn.
- Sword swallowers association Internacional claim that every year there are between five and seven accidents that require hospitalisation, and many more that go unreported.
- The treatment of injuries from sword swallowing can cost between 50,000 and 70,000€.
“An Excellent show” Dr. Karamjeet Singh Sra – Chief executive officer Visasat-e-Khalsa.
Murray Molloy will be available for interviews about the shows and tour, for articles and any other related press enquiries in Hyderabad from today 30/10/14 and for telephone and email interviews from the date of reception of this mail.
Please send an email for a copy of the dossier or download it along with high resolution Photographs, CV, FAQ and more on the downloads page of www.mmolloy.tk
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