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Belgian magician wins world champion prize with paper dance illusion

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Video. Meet Laurent Piron: The World Magic Champion who can make paper dance

Updated: 25/08/2022 - 15:07 GMT+2

A small ball of paper that comes to life, twirls and can be tamed: this is the poetic trick that earned Belgian Laurent Piron the title of World Magic Champion. But where did Piron learn his craft?

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