{"id":1712,"date":"2026-08-21T13:22:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T05:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joeconrad.com\/blog\/?p=1712"},"modified":"2026-08-21T13:22:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T05:22:35","slug":"a-look-at-one-of-our-favorite-moments-from-a-recent-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joeconrad.com\/blog\/a-look-at-one-of-our-favorite-moments-from-a-recent-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"A look at one of our favorite moments from a recent tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>This is why we do what we do.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are moments on stage that remind you exactly why you chose this life. This is one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Origami Illusion is one of the most visually striking pieces in our show \u2014 and one of the most demanding to execute. The timing, the choreography, the technical precision behind the scenes \u2014 none of it is visible to the audience. What they see is something that shouldn&#8217;t be possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And that reaction? That split second where the audience collectively forgets to breathe? That&#8217;s what every rehearsal, every load-in, every long drive between venues is for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We don&#8217;t take those moments for granted. After more than three decades on stage, they still hit the same way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This clip is from a recent tour stop \u2014 one of those nights where everything clicked perfectly. We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed performing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Joe Conrad<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/joeconrad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/01-joe-conrad-origami-illusion-blog-08182026-Copy.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is why we do what we do. There are moments on stage that remind you exactly why&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1712","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joeconrad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joeconrad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joeconrad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joeconrad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joeconrad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1712"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/joeconrad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1714,"href":"https:\/\/joeconrad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1712\/revisions\/1714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joeconrad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joeconrad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joeconrad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}