Science doesn't have to be boring...
...where ancient art meets modern science!
Spice up your next Science/Medical event with a penetrating program!
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WHAT
Looking for a program that's FRESH, UNIQUE, and DIFFERENT,
a CUTTING-EDGE program your audience has never seen before, one they will NEVER FORGET?
One of the most interesting programs you'll ever present -
Perfect entertainment for YOUR next science/medical program or event!
"Sharp as a scalpel!"
Ig Nobel Laureate Sword Swallower Dan Meyer
THE SWORD SWALLOWER featured on America's Got Talent, Ripley's Believe It or Not, The Today Show, and hundreds of other programs, SWORD SWALLOWER DAN MEYER presents Cutting Edge INNERtainment - unique family entertainment that's head-spinning, jaw-dropping, thought-provoking, mind-blowing and loaded with audience participation!
Fresh, unique and cutting edge for adults, yet wholesome and FUN for the whole family
A show your audience will NEVER FORGET!
"...Like a cross between comedy and magic,
except it's ALL REAL and ALL AMAZING!""You are obviously one of the BEST in the world at what you do..."
-Piers Morgan, NBC's America's Got Talent"Dan Meyer is one of the TOP sword swallowers in the world!"
-Ripley's Believe It Or Not!Through his unique blend of incredible feats and comedy, Dan Meyer will keep your audience entertained and on the edge of their seats for a program they will NEVER FORGET!
One of last of the few professional sword swallowers left in the world today, a multiple Guinness World Record holding sword swallower and Ripley's Believe It or Not best known for swallowing swords UNDERWATER in a tank of sharks and stingrays, this unique speaker is in constant demand around the world for his world-class shows and high-profile stunts around the world.
President of the Sword Swallowers Association Intl and winner of the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine at Harvard, Dan is recognized as the world's leading expert in the 4000 year old field of sword swallowing.
Dan's educational, motivational & inspirational shows can be customized for corporate events, medical associations, science festivals, health care events, colleges, universities, artist tours, TV programs, documentaries, church youth events, and other events around the world.
Cuttting Edge INNERtainment
ENTERTAINMENT with an EDGE
a PROGRAM with a POINT!
Dan Meyer receiving the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine at Harvard
Dan Meyer receiving the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine at Harvard
Dan Meyer receiving the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine at Harvard University.
Notice the expressions on the faces of Nobel Laureates Drs William Lipscomb,
Robert Laughlin and Dudley Herschbach as they analyze the acceptance speech!
Dan Meyer making a point while giving his acceptance speech for the
2007 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine at Harvard University
Video of Dr. Brian Witcombe and Dan Meyer giving their 2007 Ig Nobel acceptance speech
WHO
Sword Swallower Dan Meyer
- winner 2007 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine at Harvard
- award-winning author
- inspirational/motivational speaker
- science/medical lecturer
- corporate entertainer
- multiple Guinness World Record holder
- multiple Ripley's Believe It or Not performer
- semi-finalist NBC's America's Got Talent
- President of the Sword Swallowers Association International
- world's leading authority in the field of sword swallowing
- ...and speaker at YOUR next event!
Award-winning Ig Nobel Laureate Dan Meyer has garnered international recognition as performer, author, public speaker, leading authority, and renowned expert for his research on the ancient art of sword swallowing, its dangers, risks and side effects.A passionate advocate for preserving the ancient art, Meyer is known for his probing research studies, motivational talks, penetrating live performances, informative medical demonstrations, high profile stunts, and media appearances around the world.
Performer
As a multiple Guinness World Record holder, featured Ripley's Believe It or Not performer, and a semi-finalist in "America's Got Talent", Meyer is known worldwide for swallowing solid steel blades from 15 to 30 inches long and up to 8 swords at once.
Best-known for swallowing a 30" sword while submerged 20 feet underwater in a tank of sharks and stingrays, Meyer is widely recognized as one of the top performers of only a few dozen true sword swallowers left performing around the world today.
Expert Authority
As Executive Director of the Sword Swallowers Association Int'l, avid historical researcher and collector of sword swallowing artifacts, founder of the Sword Swallower's Museum and Hall of Fame, and co-author of a 2-year comprehensive medical study published in the prestigious British Medical Journal that won him the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine at Harvard, Meyer is widely recognized as the world's foremost authority on the ancient art of sword swallowing.
Speaker
In demand as a lecturer and featured speaker for medical, science, and health care events, Meyer has been featured in hundreds of documentaries, interviews, articles, and medical/scientific lectures around the world.
WHY
"Sword Swallowing and its Side Effects" British Medical Journal, BMJ 2006;333:1285-1287 (23 December)
"...a cut above others, adds to the incisive body of literature on sword swallowing...
...will keep the BMJ at the cutting edge of sword swallowing literature."
--Dr. Katherine Grebenick, British Medical Journal, London, England
Download | Read the BMJ article
How
"Science, NOT Fiction!" 
Medical
Dan presents entertaining and educational lectures/presentations revealing the ins and outs of the science of sword swallowing, explains the medical aspects of where the sword really goes in the human body, show x-rays, and discusses details of the near-fatal injury he sustained while swallowing 5 swords at once.
Historical
Dan discusses the social history of sword swallowing in a variety of cultures over the past 4000 years, and probes the reasons WHY people have attempted to swallow swords for thousands of years. He describes how science and medicine have historically utilized sword swallowers for medical research over the past 150 years since Dr. Adolph Kussmaul enlisted a sword swallower to help develop the rigid endoscope in 1868.
Educational Demonstrations
And with the help of doctors, nurses, or your medical/scientific staff, Dan can perform amazing educational demonstrations right before your very eyes... swallowing swords, forceps, endoscope, or other unusual objects, followed by an enthusiastic audience participation period of questions-and-answers - a very unique and interesting presentation to spice up your next science/medical program or event!
Laughter is the Best Medicine
...All presented with a light touch of comedy and a twinkle in the eye...
Where he's performed
At medical demonstrations at science and medical centers, hospitals, research centers, swallowing disorder clinics, science festivals, at colleges and universities around the world, from Vanderbilt to Harvard to MIT to Oxford and Cambridge!Here are just a few of the places Dan has performed:
AAAS Science Convention, Chicago, IL
Wellcome Trust Foundation, London, England, UK
Oxford University, UK
Cambridge Univeristy, UK
Corpus Christi University, UK
Imperial College, London, UK
Portsmouth University, UK
New Scientist, UK
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
MIT, Cambridge, MA
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Vanderbilt Stallworth Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Southern Hills Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Festival della Scienza, Genoa, Italy
Cheltenham Science Festival, Cheltenham, UK
Newcastle Science Centre for Life, Newcastle, UK
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester, UK
Fame Labs International Finals, Cheltenham, UK
Hewlett Packard, Bristol, UK
Aarhus University, Denmark
University of Denmark
Southern Denmark University
and more...In Medical articles and documentaries
The Discovery Channel
Discovery Health Channel
Discovery International
CNN Health with Sanjay Gupta
The Learning Channel
ABC Medical News
British Medical Journal
Scientific American
Science Daily
National Geographic
Nature Magazine
New Scientist Magazine
NPR Science Friday
BBC
BBC World TV
BBC Radio
CBC
NTV Russia
NPR
PBS
and more.
Where he's scheduled to perform
- Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark (April 22, 2009)
- University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark (April 23, 2009)
- University of Denmark, Lundbeck Auditorium, Copenhagen, Denmark, (April 24, 2009)
- Forskningens Døgn Science Festival, Rådhushallen, Odense, Denmark, (April 25, 2009)
- Fjord og Bælt, Kerteminde, Denmark (April 25, 2009)
- HealthCamp Nashville, David Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN (May 30, 2009)
- IAEWP World Peace Conference, Huntsville, AL (July 28-Aug 1, 2009)
- Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (Oct 1, 2009)
- Ig Nobel Lectures, MIT, Cambridge, MA (Oct 3, 2009)
- Waldorf College, Distinguished Service Award, Forest City, IA (Oct 4-5, 2009)
- Festival della Scienza, Genoa, Italy (October 23-25, 2009)
- IAEWP 19th World Peace Congress, Seoul, South Korea (October 28-31, 2009)
- Eid Al-Adha Festival, Doha, Qatar (Nov/Dec 2009)
- History Channel (January, 2010)
- Ig Nobel Tour of the UK, National Science Week, London, UK (March 12-21, 2010)
- Vetenskaps Festivalen Science Festival, Göteborg, Sweden (April 12-17, 2010)
- Forskningens Døgn Science Festival, Denmark (April 22-24, 2010)
- PINC.11 Conference, Zeist, Netherlands (May 18, 2010)
- Ig Nobel Tour of Netherlands, Rotterdam, Netherlands (May 16-22, 2010)
Where he can perform
- Science Festivals
- Science Museums, Science Centers
- Hospitals, Medical Centers, clinics, seminars
- Regional, state, and national Medical Association Meetings and Conventions
- GERD, Dysphagia and Swallowing Disorder Clinics and research centers
- Colleges, Universities, Medical Colleges, anatomy classes
- Motivational programs and keynote speeches
- Documentaries, medical articles, research studies
- International Sword Swallowers Awareness Day each February 28th
- For YOUR next Science or Medical program!
Dan Meyer performing on Ig Nobel UK Tour lecture at Imperial College in London
Dan Meyer performing on Ig Nobel UK Tour lecture at Oxford UniversityEvents in the UK and throughout Europe may also include a multimedia PowerPoint presentation lecture by co-author Dr. Brian Witcombe, consulting radiologist, Gloucester Royal Hospital, on their article "Sword Swallowing and its side effects" as published in the British Medical Journal.
The team has presented this lecture to popular acclaim at Harvard, MIT, Oxford University, Imperial College, the Newcastle Centre for Life, BBC, ITV, at the Guardian Newsroom, and at the Cheltenham Science Festival 2008 on both of the 2008 Ig Nobel Tours of the UK. They were a big hit at the Festival della Scienza in Genoa, Italy in October 2008, at the AAAS Convention in Chicago in January 2009, at the Wellcome Trust in London in February 2009, on the Ig Nobel Tour of the UK during National Science Week March 2009, and on the Ig Nobel Tour of Denmark in April 2009.
Inquire about having this unique team speak at YOUR event!
Opening the 2008 Ig Nobel Ceremony at Harvard University
Sword removed by Dr. Thomas Michel, Dean, Harvard School of Medicine, Ig Nobel Ceremony Oct 2, 2008
Sword removed by Dr. Thomas Michel, Dean Harvard School of Medicine, Ig Nobel Ceremony Oct 2, 2008
2009 Dutch documentary "Sword Swallowing and Its Side Effects"
Ig Nobel Lecture Odense Denmark
Sword Swallower at Festival della Scienza Ig Nobel Lecture 2009, Genoa Italy
Ig Nobel Laureate removes sword from another Ig Nobel Laureate at Festival della Scienza Italy 2009
Sword whipped from Sword Swallower at Festival della Scienza Genoa Italy 2009
Nobel Laureate David Gross removes sword from Dan at Festival della Scienza, Genoa, Italy, Oct 24, 2008
Festival della Scienza President Manuela Arata WHIPS sword from Dan's mouth, Genoa, Italy, Oct 24, 2008
NTV Russia primetime TV report on Dan receiving the Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine
Dan and Marc Abrahams on the Alan Titchmarsh Show ITV for National Science Week
Wall Street Journal coverage of Dan performing at Oct 2008 Ig Nobel Awards
Dan performing at Inexplicable Acts, Wellcome Trust Foundation, London Feb 2009
Discovery Health Channel - Filmed at Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN Dec 2004
Quotes
"While the swords were in Meyer's throat,
"Ig Nobels honor cutting-edge research
"Just fascinating!
"It was wonderful working with Dan!
"Dan is an outstanding presenter and entertainer...
"Fantastic performance! Sharp as a scalpel!
"Dan's performance was amazing!
"...In a science festival of many star turns, none came close to Dan
"It was quite incredible to have a sword swallower at our Science Festival,
"Incredible!
"I was shocked and excited when I finally witnessed it...
"That was the most fantastic show I've ever seen!
"I was surprisingly entertained!"
"I could hardly bear to watch it,
"I've seen a lot of incredible things in my life,
"At first I was afraid I was going to pass out,
"While sword swallowing has traditionally been destined to sideshows and medical lectures,
"Dan is one of a kind. He's the Master Professor of Sword Swallowing!
"Fantastic! Wow! That it was incredibly... scary!"
"You've obviously spent years mastering sword swallowing,
"I've never seen that before in my life,
Dan Meyer is not only the leading expert as the President of the
"The sword swallower was unbelievable!
"To see a man swallow a weapon for peace
"Dan presented by far the most amazing presentation on peace I have ever witnessed.
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