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.
Performance: Place this pole down the trouser leg of your strongest leg. The hinge in the middle enables you to be able to walk with the pole down your trousers. You can have the pole held up by a belt or just keep your hands on your hip you stand facing the spectators and try to levitate. You just go up on your tippy toes. They say “Your not levitating your just on your tippy toes!”.
Go back down and say I’ll try it again and this time when your going up on your tippy toes put your hands on your hips and slide the pole down towards your foot, the block at the end bends on the hinge and lies flat on the ground.
You’re now up on your tippy toes, rest your foot on the block of wood.
They say the same thing as before but then you say “Watch this.” and you are able to lift your foot up fully.
They can’t believe it. If you perform this levitation in the same place all the time you can paint the front of the block the color of the wall behind you.
But if want to do it out on the street or somewhere else they cant look under. To come back down first go into a position that your on your tippy toes. Use your hands on your hips to slide the pole back up and then put your feet flat on the ground.
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