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Copperfield then descends into a glass box, which is covered with a lid, and continues to float inside it. The method was created by John Gaughan, [6] [7] who described how the trick works in US Patent #5,354,238. [6] [7] The illusion utilises a series of wires controlled by a complex computer-controlled rig above the stage. In the glass box ...
He then floats down into an acrylic glass box which has previously been examined by two audience members, and continues to float inside after the box is covered. An assistant walks over the top of the box, and Copperfield walks upside down moving his feet under the assistant's feet.
Dorothy Dietrich (in white) performing her version of the illusion in 1981. The bullet catch is a stage magic illusion in which a magician appears to catch a bullet fired directly at them — often in the mouth, sometimes in the hand or sometimes caught with other items such as a dinner plate.
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The yo-yo is an example of a skill toy. A skill toy is an object or theatrical prop used for dexterity play or an object manipulation performance. A skill toy can be any static or inanimate object with which a person dances, manipulates, spins, tosses, or simply plays.
Here’s the secret behind this magic trick performance of floating a table
The oldest known account of levitation play comes from the diary of Samuel Pepys (1633–1703), a British naval administrator. Pepys’s account of levitation play comes from a conversation with a friend of his, Mr. Brisband, who claimed to have seen four little girls playing light as a feather, stiff as a board in Bordeaux, France.