NEW YORK-- The idea of switching careers at the age 50 might seem stressful, but a new line of work offers new opportunities to grow. One man followed his passion 20 years ago and became the best in ...
On a summer Sunday, David Adamovich and his partner and target, Lynn Wheat, showed Newsday The Great Throwdini. Credit: Newsday/Thomas A. Ferrara Serendipity pointed David Adamovich toward ...
Job jokes fly fast and furiously when you’re a professional knife thrower. "He aims to miss!" is the most common zinger. David Adamovich, 74, a gleaming star of the impalement arts — a term for ...
The Great Throwdini was injured on the job last week. Better him than his lovely assistant. Throwdini, the knife-throwing expert who stars in the stage show “Maximum Risk,” cut his finger while ...
FREEPORT, N.Y.—At a recent stage show in Manhattan, David Adamovich stood his assistant against a large wooden board and placed a paper screen in front of her. He then stepped seven feet back and ...
I was on my way to the Soho Playhouse to witness the Great Throwdini attempt to break the world knife-throwing record by throwing 120 knives in 60 seconds around his lovely Russian accomplice, the ...
HAVANA, Cuba - After decades of absence, the art of knife throwing is making a comeback to the Cuban Circus. American David Adamovich, best known as the Great Throwdini, came to Circuba Festival to ...