Connecting The Dots On Stage
Stride builds programs people remember long after the lights come down.
Magician and Mentalist Dennis Kyriakos is one trusted partner to open the conference, emcee the day, reset the room between sessions, and close it strong, so that every speaker walks out to an audience that is ready to listen.
“An amazing partner...a knight in shining armor...my secret weapon and he delivered.”
Trusted
Already Proven on a Stride Stage
Dennis recently performed at the Hex Prompt Conference, produced by Stride, working to the stage manager’s cues and landing each segment right where it belonged in the day.
He works the way your production team does: on brief, on cue, and with the client’s program as the priority.
That makes him a natural resource to have on call for clients who expect a program to feel considered from start to finish.
Placed with Intent Across Your Client’s Agenda
Four ways to integrate, from first cue to final bow.
Magical Emcee Experience
The Glue That Holds Your Day Together
- One confident voice across every general session
- Smooth, polished transitions between speakers
- Energy sustained from day one through the closing session
- Frees your team to run the event, not the stage
Best for multi-day programs that need one steady presence tying every session together.
Opening General Session Experience
Live Magic to Set the Tone on Day One
- Immediate engagement from the entire audience
- An opening built around your conference theme
-A shared moment attendees reference all week
Best for starting strong so attendees are focused before your first keynote takes the stage.
Magical Interstitials
High-Impact Magic to Restore Energy and Focus
- Short, self-contained segments between dense content blocks
- Protects engagement for sessions that follow
- Drops in anywhere on the run of show
Best for full agendas where attention needs to be restored before the next speaker begins.
Closing Session Experience
A Finale That Carries the Message Beyond the Moment
- Pulls the day’s themes into one shared moment
- Hands the stage back to your client for their last word
- Gives attendees a story they retell back at their desks
Best for ensuring the client’s key message is what people remember on the way out.
Your Principles, On Stage
Stride works as allies, thinkers, and energisers.
Those are the same three things a great conference performer has to be.
Allies
Your client’s program comes first. Every segment serves their message and their agenda, never just the act.
Thinkers
Each piece is built around the client’s theme rather than pulled off a shelf, so it fits the day it lives in.
Energisers
Momentum is the job. Openers, transitions, and interstitials exist so a full conference day holds its energy.
A Performer Who Studies the Program Before He Ever Sets Foot in the Room
Dennis Kyriakos
For nearly 30 years, Dennis has entertained discerning audiences from New York City to San Francisco, Las Vegas to Shanghai. He designs every performance around the specific objectives of the room he’s walking into, whether that’s 20 VIPs around a dinner table or 2,000 in a general session.
Because he can carry the thread from the opening session through the interstitials to the closing moment, Stride gets one consistent partner across the entire program, not a rotating cast.
Recognized as “Best of the Industry” by the Silicon Valley National Association for Catering and Events. His monthly one-man show at The Claremont Resort & Club in Berkeley received Tripadvisor’s 2025 Travelers’ Choice Award.
