2960 467 Games Magic General Magic true Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:24:33 -0700 /system/videos/6/60/29/2960.flv appear, DIY, Do It Yourself, Essential Skills, float, floating, games, ground, illusion, Instructional, Learn to, levitate, levitating, lift, lifting, magic, off, Tips, trick, tricks, tutorial How To Levitate http://www.howcast.com/videos/2960-How-To-Levitate http://www.howcast.com/videos/2960-How-To-Levitate/edit approved 117 640 480 <object width="425" height="352" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="howcastplayer"><param name="movie" value="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=2960"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=2960" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="352" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" ></embed></object> 14 Chris_Davis http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2960/ppn_davis_Levitate_sdv2_xxlarge_maintained_aspect.jpg 12953 false false false 29990 1 22 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2960/22.jpg Wear baggy pants Wear baggy and/or flared pants. You don’t want anyone to have to clear a vision of your feet.

]]> 29991 2 29 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2960/29.jpg Keep your distance Make sure you are at least eight feet from your audience.

]]> 29992 3 34 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2960/34.jpg Get into position Get into position with your back to the audience. The position is critical to the trick—you must have your body at an angle that results in your left foot completely blocking the front of your right foot (or vice versa) from the audience’s vision.

]]> 29993 4 48 Tip Experiment with different angles until you perfect this.

]]> 29994 5 52 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2960/52.jpg Divert attention Lift both arms, as if you’re trying to balance yourself on an unsteady surface. One of the keys to any good trick is “misdirection”—you want the audience looking at your upper body, not your feet.

]]> 29995 6 64 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2960/64.jpg Draw it out Close your eyes in concentration. Flex your fingers. Build suspense!

]]> 29996 7 71 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2960/71.jpg Step up Raise yourself two inches by putting all your weight on the ball of your right foot, and simultaneously lifting your left foot off the ground. Keep your heels together as you go up. Done correctly, you will appear to mysteriously levitate a few inches.

]]> 29997 8 86 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2960/86.jpg Be theatrical Be theatrical! You’re floating in midair, so throw in a wobble or two. Furrow your brow. Grimace.

]]> 29998 9 95 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2960/95.jpg Land hard After several seconds, let your left foot and right heel down, landing hard, as if your body has been plopped back to earth.

]]> 29999 10 104 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2960/104.jpg Practice Practice until you can pull this off flawlessly.

]]> 30000 11 108 Fact British and Dutch scientists succeeded in levitating a live frog using a magnetic field.

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