05-15-2008, 10:21 AM
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The Ultimate Levitation Reputation
Performance
The party is almost over. You have blown away people with your last effect. Everyone is amazed by your performance. While they are giving their comments, One of them asks you to levitate (which is a heckler). You are in a situation like O_O . The whole crowd is hooting,"Levitate, Levitate, Levitate". You say to the crowd "I'm not sure that i will be able to do this, but let me try". You move a little away from the audience and face the opposite side. You take your time, do a little gestures the the audience see you levitate a little. Most of the people are O_O (LOL). (The one who asked you to levitate says) "Hey Everyone, do you think that this guy levitated", they will say "Yeah". He will ask them "You want to do that too" They will reply "F@!KING YEAH!". He describes the audience that you just did a "Balducci levitation". And your A%$ will be busted. But no you have other plans. You bet the heckler that your can levitate your both feet off the ground. The heckler don't believes it and accepts the bet. You tell them that there is no wiring or support around here which will help you to achieve your goal. You are ready for your attempt,But this time you convince the audience by standing at a 9'0 Clock position. Again you take your time and after sometime the audience see you levitate a little higher than before. But the heckler slams on the ground before you put your feet down. He sees your foot outside the shoe. Now your reputation is wasted again in front of the audience. The heckler is convinced that you cant levitate. The heckler says "If you really levitate RIGHT NOW, I will give you Double money of the bet" (he can make it triple too) (It is a possibility that this time the people from the crowd also start betting you) . This is the only chance you get your reputation back. You accept the challenge. But this time you stand right in front of the spectators, facing them. No one thinks that you will be able to do it this time. You take your time and after a while the audience sees you levitate with your both feet of the ground. The heckler can't believe his eyes. The crowd goes screaming and your got you reputation and the money. If you are filming this. Then the next scene you shoot that the heckler and you are shaking hands and counting the money (LOL, Surprised?)
Explanation
I think this routine is a weapon of a street performer. You can do this weather you are in a party or street or home. But the spectators should not be too much that they surround 360 degree. The main weapon of your routine is "The Heckler". The are 2 ways to get this routine done. 1st is to use a stooge. Well he has to do nothing but to do acting. The people can never get to know this that he is a stooge, ITS IMPOSSIBLE. Because he isn't helping the performer in anyways instead he is trying to bust him. And the 2nd way is without using a stooge. This can me achieved rarely because first you are gonna do the Balducci levitation and i think most of the people already know this. You set you stooge too before the performance. Do your effects and if they are impressed from your work, someone of them will ask you to levitate (It happens most of the time). Then you got your victim. Now you will use him instead of a stooge. First you will do the balducci levitation. As i think most of the people know this they will come in and try to destroy your reputation. Then you get ready for the king rising levitation. You follow the same steps as teachd in the King rising levitation DVD from *********** (taking off the jacket and ........). And remember you need the jacket before you start the performance at very early. This time the heckler (or hecklers) will bet you to really levitate. you accept it. You get ready and then you do the king rising levitation. Most often it will happen that the heckler will may be bend down or try to see that you are really levitating or you are on your feet again. So he will get a glimpse and will again ruin you effect. this time they will double the money. You accept it again and get ready for another try. The whole crowd is silent. This time you are really going to take your feet off the ground. I don't know much ways to do this but you can use the best you know. I think that the Icarus Effect or the Elevator Levitation will do the work. You can use what ever you prefer. After that you will get the reactions , the reputation and the money ;p
Final Thoughts
I was thinking for a patter of this contest and at that time i got a glimpse on the Icarus effect in the archive which Exo uploaded. I searched the web and found some info about it. It was great. But something happened in my head at that time. While the Icarus effect was in my head. I saw that David Blane thread in the ExoMagic lounge. And whenever i think about the word Blane, then the first think comes in my mind is balducci levitation. Something started to happen in my head and all the levitations came together. I started thinking about the contest. And i thing this routine came to me as a miracle. Because i think i made it in less that a second (LOL, Really). The main objective of this routine is to Fail and then again Fail and at last to SHOCK the audience. Because you have failed twice and they do not expect that you will do it the third time. As the two ways i described to achieve the effect. I think that the stooge one is the best. Because in this way you are in control of everything. Nothing can go wrong. You can use a great script for the stooge that he will say. This can give more height to your performance. This routine is just a raw idea. You can make it of use in wonderful ways. Its not necessary to use only these levitations. You can try some other too like sky walker or Criss Angel Levitation.
(I could have written it in more detail but i had no time, i wrote it in 15 mins . So sorry for the grammar mistakes)
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