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Michael Kras · Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:49 am Post subject: Your Favourite Stage Illusion?

Ok, I will admit that I really don't like illusions... actually, you could say I hate them! But there is one illusion, and only one, that I like a lot. That illusion is the Metamorphosis. Genuine magic without some suspicious piece of apparatus to accompany it. Just a big crate, some wrist shackles and some mind-bending magic.

What are your favourite stage illusions? Why do you like them so much? Whose rendition of that illusion do you prefer?

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Daniel Steep · Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 26 Location: Clinton ON

One of my favourite illusions that Robyn and I do would be Metamorphosis and I love Greg Frewins rendition on it with 'Shrouded Transition"

Also love (in no order) Zig-Zag, Copperfields Voyur, Dekolta Bench, broom suspension....

Anyone else?
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BrianMillerMagic · Joined: 14 Aug 2007 Posts: 543 Location: New York State

Copperfield's version of metamorphosis that I saw him do live about six years ago was absolutely fantastic. He was shackled, locked and such into a box that was then raised ten feet into the air on one side of the stage. Some pretty assistant stood on the other side on top of a box, obviously, and did the change. The box was lowered and of course pretty assistant was in locked up in it instead of David. I loved it.

EDIT: I just found this http://youtube.com/watch?v=oiVkB_j1Pg8 which is roughly what I saw. It was done further apart on stage and used shackles instead of sheets, but you can get the idea. Astonishing.
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Daniel Steep · Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 26 Location: Clinton ON

Brian,

it is called cacoon.
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Adam Michael · Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 12 Location: Buffalo, New York