The Balducci Levitation-making it better....
Brad Burt
Howdy:
I am going to post this on my web site in the David Blaine area, but I
thought it would be of interest to the alt.magic group.
Many thousands of the Self Levitation Video which details the Balducci
Levitation have been sold. Here is a way to insure that you get the
maximum effect, some would argue any real effect at all!
Here goes: Do not perform the effect right away. Be SURE to build
anticipation on the part of the spectators by leading up to the
performance over at least a 30 minute time span. Show a lot of
hesitation claiming the difficulty of the effect. Talk about how hard
it was to learn and that you generally only have enough 'energy' to
'do it' once without endangering your health, etc. The perfect
scenerio would be to have your spectators really 'insist' upon your
performance. Build,build, build before you perform t he illusion!
Best regards,
Brad Burt
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frid...@binghamton.edu
I think what you said about building up the illusion is very true. I
came up with an interesting twist to Balducci. Stand right below a door
frame and pretend that you are going to do a pull up (correct English
term??). Grab onto the upper part of the frame and "pull your body up"
(do the Balducci). Then after a couple of seconds, let go of the
frame... of course only for a short while. I found that this little
piece of misdirection can create quite an interesting effect :)
Jiri
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KevLand1
Here's my favorite..it absolutely blows kids away.
Do an ITR with a dollar bill. I usually attach it to a stand up light shade.
Just as they are being amazed at the dollar bill floating in the air, direct
thier attention to your feet. Do the balducci: The effect, both you and the
dollar bill are floating in the air........when they start ot look at your feet
too closely direct their attention to the dollar bill and then come down,
I've sent kids screaming out of the room with this one and had some adults
avoid me like the plague...especially the Christian fundamentalists/.......
Kevin
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TC Tahoe
>That is kind of a rude generalization I think. What, you took note before
>every
>presentation who were Christian Fundamentalists and who weren't and then
>counted
>each as they went off screaming? I doubt it. Sure there are some Christians
>out
>there who freak at such things but it's totally unfair to stereotype them all
>like
>that. I mean, where I come from there is a higher crime rate in the mostly
>black
>communities than there is in the mostly white communities. But it would be
>very
>inappropriate for me to make a generalization like; "You gotta watch yourself
>when
>driving around town late at night. Especially in the black neighborhoods."
>Whether
>or not any such statements are true or false, it just reinforces negative
>stereotypes which just adds to the problem more. Please think before you pipe
>off
>with your loose tongue in public next time.
It's those black Christian Fundamentalists you got to watch out for.
ejb...@user2.teleport.com
>> I've sent kids screaming out of the room with this one and had some adults
>> avoid me like the plague...especially the Christian fundamentalists/.......
>> Kevin
>
>That is kind of a rude generalization I think. What, you took note before
Blacks, like fundamentalists, often believe that my world view is wrong or
mistaken. (For that matter, so do Republicans, New Dems, and fans of Ayn
Rand, among others.) But only fundamentalists knock on my door and insist
that my soul is also damned for eternity because I don't think like them.
Every group gets stereotyped, and every stereotype has some basis in
reality or history (though that history may be a lie perpetrated by
others). But when a group is particularly obnoxious because of their lack
of respect for others, well, it's not terribly surprizing.
=Eric
John Keever
Just for the record...How did you ever get away with floating a napkin,
or a dollar or whatever, with your back to the audience, while you set
up for the Balducci?
Perhaps the Christians ran out, because frankly, we have more important
things to do than stare at the backside of some self-important,
egotistical amateur magician--up on one foot, tangled in string.
John Keever
"Call to me, and I will answer you, and tell you great and unsearchable
things you do not know...Jeremiah 33:3 NIV"
Kuyaace
i would do the door frame thing but i'm not tall enuf.
~aCe -oF- sPaDeS~
think of any card..not the ace of spades...you got a card?
~~ It's the queen of hearts ~~
Dojang9
>Perhaps the Christians ran out, because frankly, we have more important
>things to do than stare at the backside of some self-important,
>egotistical amateur magician--up on one foot, tangled in string.
>
>John Keever
>
>"Call to me, and I will answer you, and tell you great and unsearchable
>things you do not know...Jeremiah 33:3 NIV"
Will you people stop whining about religion for CHRIST's sake? I mean, why in
GOD'S name would you take a joke, and humorous statment so friggin' far? If
your pist at him, just like, damn him forever and he'll pay for it later or
something. Or whatever the HELL you want to do. (I hope you pick up on the
joke and the point. Yeesh. We're magicians, we can't fight like this. We have
to stick together)
Daniel W. Miron\Malak the Magician
JoeJoeInMB
>Just for the record...How did you ever get away with floating a napkin,
>or a dollar or whatever, with your back to the audience, while you set
>up for the Balducci?
The Balducci can also be performed with a side view (profile)... If you have
any experience in ballet dancing, you can even do a twist, switching
tippie-toes in the middle, and make it appear as if you do a 180 degree turn
while floating...
Repeat the process to make it a 360 degree turn
John Keever
Sorry "Twinkle Toes" I don't have any experience in "Ballet" dancing,
perhaps you could post some steps : )
John
John Keever
Thanks for the advice, I'll consider damning him : ) Next...