Blog entries tagged Levitation

David Copperfield - The Flight of Icarus Revealed

Momo — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Oh to fly. This ambition is and will continue to be humanity's greatest quest. Siegfied and Roy have had this trick as part of their Las Vegas show-off and on -over the last couple of years.

The effect:

The lights focus on the performer, who, without any effort at all, lifts up off the stage. Back and forth, across the stage, the performer can be seen to fly. Rolling, floating, hovering above the stage. Whether the "flyer" is flying through hoops, into boxes oRead More...

David Blaine Couch Levitation Trick Revealed

Presco Uzbekis — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0100

One of the most startling effects in magic has always been the levitation. Whether you levitate an assistant, a horse or a car, getting something to float has always pleased the crowd.

We will explain the illusion in terms of floating a woman, but the principle will work with any object, big or small, male or female.

Effect:
The assistant is brought up to centre stage. She is placed in a reclining position on a couch. Then covered with a large cloth.

She is commanRead More...

Cigarette magic explained

RHMAGIC — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 06:00:00 +0100

The Anti-Gravity Cigarette.

A cigarette is laid on the table so that about two-thirds of it protrudes over the edge. Yet the cigarette does not fall.

There are two methods of performing this trick. The first requires a prepared cigarette. A bit of metal is hidden in one end of the cigarette, and as that end is much heavier than the other, the cigarette can easily be set so that it apparently overbalances the table edge.

The trick was improved after further experiment,Read More...

Bottle Cap Levitation Revealed

Petter — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0100

The effect: Explaining to your audience you are going to perform an amazing magic trick you buy or borrow a bottle of unopened drink and remove the bottle cap. You hand out for total examination. This poves to your spectators it is totally unprepared in any way.

Holding the bottle cap in your hands you give it a spin and amazinglyRead More...

David Copperfield Flying Rose Revealed

Star David — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0100

The Effect:

So, in this trick David did his best and proved to be a real man. He chose the most beautiful girl from the audience. She was simply gorgeous wearing tight shorts. The only thing that was fishy about her was that nice modest smile which stayed on her face till the end of the trick, and a very strange cold look in her eyes. She kept senselessly staring into the emptiness behind the cameras.

However, the trick turned out to be a blast! David took his handkerchief (facRead More...

David Copperfield Floating Table Revealed

Star David — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0100

The Effect:

David invites 8 spectators to come up on the stage. They make a circle around a round wooden table. David asks them to put their hands on the table their hands and slowly rise from their knees to lift the table. To surprise of all spectators it happens. 8 people begin to rise from their knees, touching a surface of the table only with the tips of their fingers, and the table rises behind them in air. Then David asks to lift one hand, then another, and then both. But the tabRead More...