TRICK EFFECT & ROUTINE: The assistant is brought up to center stage. She is placed in a reclining position on a couch. Then covered with a large cloth. She is commanded to rise. Once she has risen to a height of one foot above the couch, the couch is taken away and the performer walks all around the floating woman. She continues to rise until she is well over the head of the performer. Then she slowly descends until she is level with the performer’s head. Again she begins to rise. This time, the performer takes hold of the cloth and while she is rising, the cloth is whisked away. The woman is gone, vanished right in front of the audience.

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TRICK EFFECT & ROUTINE:
Magician is seen to levitate inches off the floor from three sides

PREPARATION:
For those of you cheepos - and “I want it now-ers” This is for you. Saw off theend of a block of wood smaller than your foot. It should be small enough not to be seen when you are standing on it and also small enough to fit up your trouser leg in your sock (like where you used to hide things when you were young) Paint the sides of the block the colors of carpets or floors where you will be performing this. i.e. home, work, Grandmas house etc. Black - white and gray are the best colors. (more…)

Effect: A magician stands facing the spectators he suddenly levitates right off the ground. The spectators can even look under his feet to see there is no support.

Apparatus: To perform this levitation there is preparation needed. You need to get a pole stretching the length of your leg. Saw the pole in half. Get a hinge{you can buy in any D.I.Y shop}and connect the two poles together. Then at the end of the pole you have another hinge and connected to that you have a block of wood 5 inches high. (more…)

TRICK EFFECT & ROUTINE:
magician takes off his diner jacket and lays it down by his feet, as he pulls the jacket up - his two feet rise with it - both visibly off of the ground!!!

PREPARATION:
Get a jacket and a strong bulldog clip from the office store. You should be wearing dress shoes if you are wearing a dinner jacket. Clip the clip to the side of one of your shoes (inner side) One shoe should be loosely tied so that you can easily slip in and out of it.

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The Balducci Levitation - is an illusion that can be performed almost anywhere, anytime. It uses no wires, strings, rigs, camera tricks, etc. This is a highly restrictive, angle-sensitive trick. You have to practice your angles over and over to get used to them. One bad angle or position and the illusion is blown! Stand about 8 to 10 feet away from the audience at a 45° ‘backward’ angle. You pause . . . and then slowly start to float. Rise up on the toes of the unseen foot. Your heel stays level with the rising leg and the appearance is that you are levitating. You rise 3 to 5 inches off of the ground before you suddenly “crash” back down to the ground.