Sew this material together at the bottom of the slit. Attach your shoes to your pants. The shoes and pants should hang sturdily, even when you are not wearing them.
This can be done with tape, but sewing the pants leg to the shoe may be less noticeable. Use thread that blends in with the color of the pants. Stand in front of a platform or chair. Although Criss Angel always seems to simply be standing in front of a chair, he's actually using it as a very important prop. Start practicing with low platforms, that you can easily step onto with minimal foot movements.
When facing the platform, your back should be facing the audience. Practice hovering. Once these preparations are complete, you are ready to levitate. You've probably guessed the basic movement by now, but here it is: Face toward the platform away from the audience , and bring your feet together so the magnets hold your shoes together. Slip one foot out of its shoe and through the slit in the pants leg, and place it on the platform in front of you.
Lean forward and lift your other foot in the air behind you, so you are balancing on one leg. Hover for a couple seconds. Move your "levitating" feet and your arms slightly to make this look like a great effort. Land on the platform. After hovering for a couple seconds, bring both shoes attached together onto the platform.
Lift the heel of the foot you were balancing on as you do this, then bring it back down onto the toe of the empty shoe. Bend your knees as you "land" to make it seem like more of an impact, as though you had jumped. Once on the platform, slip your free foot back through the pants slit and into its shoe. You can instead land back on the ground, but this is harder to pull off convincingly. Use a video camera or friend to get feedback.
Only audience members directly behind you will be fooled by this trick. While practicing, set up a video camera or recruit a friend to watch you behind you and to the left or right.
Do this many times, moving the camera or friend each time, so you get a better idea of where the audience needs to stand to be fooled. Misdirect your audience. Once you're ready to perform in front of an audience, you'll need to distract them from your legs.
As with many magic tricks, good misdirection skills will make this much easier to pull off without being caught. Keep up a stream of chatter before you "lift off," arch your back, throw your head back, and lift your arms in motions as though you were pushing off of the air. All of these will make the audience less likely to look at your feet while you slip your leg through the pants slit. Stress that the audience needs to stay back. Some magicians claim they might fall onto them and injure someone nearby.
Method 2. Stand away from the audience. This levitation trick is much simpler, though less impressive. All you'll be doing is standing on your toes, from a carefully chosen angle.
The audience should be at least 8—10 feet 2. If they're antsy, demand space and make a big deal of "searching for the right spot. Use a video camera or friend to help you figure out the right angle and control your movements. Put your heels together and your toes apart. Arrange your feet so your audience can see our entire left foot and the heel of your right foot. The tip of your right foot should not be visible, due to the angle of your body and the left foot placed between you and the audience.
Pretend to make a great effort. Pump your arms up, grunt, or bend your knees. The more you get into your body motions, the more you help your audience convince itself. Stand on your right toes only. With a final effort, "jump" off the ground an inch or two and hover. In reality, all you're doing is bending your right foot and standing on the toes. Your left foot should stay flat and lift completely off the ground. If your angle is well-chosen, the audience will only see the parts of your feet that are "hovering" off the ground.
Bend your knees as you land. After a few seconds, bring your feet down and bend your knees and ankles as you "land," as though you dropped from a significant distance. This isn't actually levitating - it's an illusion. But pretending to concentrate might make it more believable. Not Helpful 14 Helpful Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. By using this service, some information may be shared with YouTube.
While the principle of the trick is simple, it takes convincing theatrics and confidence to pull off. The more you practice, the better you'll get. Helpful 28 Not Helpful Wear socks and underclothes that blend in with the pants, or a second inner layer of long underwear or tights. Helpful 22 Not Helpful Whether he is levitating other people, flying from one building to another or just casually lifting off the ground on the sidewalk, Criss never fails to leave his audience dumbfounded.
This is probably the most famous one. In the middle of the day, Criss levitates from one building to another in front of a couple of spectators. So, how could Criss possibly be floating in mid air without the spectators noticing anything suspicious? While we could be dead wrong about that, it certainly seems to be the case. The people watching were most likely stooges , just playing along to make the illusion more convincing. After all, Criss must have had a really good reason not to invite a larger audience, especially considering the greatness of the illusion.
I mean … four spectators? So, presuming those people were stooges, we still have a lot of things to explain. How did Criss make the whole illusion of levitation so convincing? Some have suggested he might have used some sort of a camera trick.
While there are many ways in which this trick could be done, this seems to be the most logical explanation. Criss is most likely carried by a crane or something similar.
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