Magic has always excited the human mind. Magicians at all times fascinated the audience - and not only by the tricks themselves, but also by the brilliance and grace of performances. The tricks of the most prominent masters of illusion, which are presented below, won the hearts of the most staunch skeptics of their time:
David Blaine "Frozen in Time"
On November 27, 2000, millions of viewers watched David Blaine perform one of the most dangerous magic tricks on the air. He was placed in an ice capsule, and in this frosty sarcophagus he spent 63 hours 42 minutes and 15 seconds. Since the ice was transparent, everyone could be sure that Blaine was really there all the time. After being removed from the ice capsule, he was immediately hospitalized, as he was in a state of disorientation.
Disappearance of the Statue of Liberty
In 1983, David Copperfield made the Statue of Liberty disappear on live television. First, he raised the gigantic partition that separated the gaze of the audience from the statue, and after a few seconds lowered it, but the figure was no longer in the same place. Copperfield even directed the beams of searchlights to the place of the disappeared statue to show that nothing was blocking it.
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"Decapitation" by Cyril Takayama
The illusionist Cyril Takayama made the whole world gasp in amazement when he demonstrated the trick of removing his own head. The famous illusionist Cyril is a Japanese man with French roots. To the rest of the world, he is known for his deft trick in which his head flies off his shoulders. This spectacular stunt never ceases to terrify the audience.
"Levitation" by David Copperfield
Once again, David Copperfield amazes everyone with his brilliant focus, in which he hovers like a bird over the American Grand Canyon without the help of any technique.
"Metamorphoses" of the Pendragon couple
The magic of the illusion attracts not so much by the result of the trick as by its entertainment and creativity. Being not only the most agile illusionists, the Pendragon couple also skillfully attracted the audience with the eccentricity of their performances.
Richard Ross and ordinary sleight of hand
The audience adored Richard Ross for his great stage performances. The audience was crazy about his amazing collection of magic tricks with hands, rings and other objects. Definitely worth watching the short video of him doing masterful headband tricks.
David Blaine turns coffee into coins
David Blaine's magical live performances brought him unprecedented success. One such popular trick is to turn liquid coffee into a large handful of coins, which he gave to the poor man right in the same cup.
Derren Brown's "Cigarette"
Derren Brown is a respected mentalist and psychological illusionist. He has an outstanding memory, the ability to hypnosis, and can demonstrate psychic abilities such as psychokinesis and clairvoyance.
Deadly Number on the Roller Coaster
Lance Burton is known for his many tricks and is also the author of the longest magical performance. Already at the age of five, Lance began to show tricks and to this day continues to amaze the world with his original tricks.
Swallowing Thomas Blackthorn Drill Punch
There are many magicians who love to swallow swords, but nothing beats swallowing the drill of a concrete breaker. The audience was shocked by this action during the show on German television.
Catching a bullet with your teeth
Penn and Teller perform a trick of catching lead shells fired from revolvers at each other. Such bullets are often also tagged by spectators who will then identify them. This trick is recognized by experts as legal.
Hans and Helga Moretti - “Headshot with a crossbow”
Such an impressive trick can lead to death, but the Moretti couple are not for nothing recognized as one of the best couples of illusionists in Germany. Every time Hans, blindfolded, points a throwing weapon at his wife's head, the audience is definitely experiencing great excitement.
Escape Artist Harry Houdini and the Chinese Water Torture Chamber
Houdini was an unsurpassed virtuoso of illusion, capable of performing the most breathtaking tricks. In this test, he was suspended by his legs, and his feet were firmly fixed in the blocks. Then he was lowered upside down into a glass cube filled with water and left there. Was he able to get out of there alive?
Criss Angel's Levitation
Despite the fact that David Copperfield is already successfully doing tricks with levitation, Criss Angel's magic tricks are incredible and convincing because they were performed right on the street among the audience. Although someone even believed that Criss was really floating in the air, the author himself recognized his trick as an ordinary trick.
Moving by truck
The illusionist Penn managed to impress people with his trick with a truck tractor, which literally drove over it without causing any harm to the magician.
Metamorphoses
The ability to transform into something else is one of the greatest talents of an illusionist. So, the trick of turning an ordinary guy into a pretty assistant and vice versa just drives the audience crazy. This is one of the best tricks of modern illusionists, which requires remarkable ingenuity and agility from the performer in order for the trick to work as it should.
Removal of the front teeth of the participants
David Blaine once again demonstrates his incredible abilities in front of passers-by. This time, passing from one person to another, he “took out” each person's teeth from their mouths directly to the camera. There has been a lot of controversy over this video, but keep in mind that David Blaine is a graduate student of street magic and performance magic.
Passing through the Great Wall of China
David Copperfield has demonstrated a myriad of astounding illusions, including the ability to walk through the Great Wall of China. When this trick was performed, the video technology was not so technically advanced, so it took Copperfield time to create and plan this trick. In this performance, he relied on his intelligence, speed and originality and, ultimately, this unique trick brought Copperfield legendary fame.
Turning Five One Dollar Bills Into Five $ 100 Bills
And David Blaine again and again amazes people from all over the world with tricks in his telepic. So, one of his best tricks is considered to be the conversion of one-dollar bills into one hundred-dollar bills, which he then distributes in the Ninth District of New Orleans after the hurricane Katrin.
Criss Angel walks on water
The popularity of Criss Angel's shows such as Trick of the Mind, Believe It and The Phenomenon have reached their peak thanks to his focus on walking on water. After this trick, they began to consider him almost a black magician.
David Copperfield and "The Saw of Death"
Many magicians follow in the footsteps of David Copperfield and continue to try and replicate this trick in their Las Vegas gigs. After all, this trick is the most famous in the history of magic and illusion. Copperfield made the public believe that he was actually cut in two. Despite the large number of different versions of this trick, in which the illusionists cut their assistants in various ways, to this day no one has succeeded in repeating this trick exactly as Copperfield originally did.
Paul Daniels and his "Cup" (1995)
The audience loved Paul Daniels' performances because they were dynamic and truly immersive. With his quick hand movements, Paul could entertain the audience for so long that he was rightfully considered the best magician in his genre. The Hollywood Academy of Magic Arts in 1983 even awarded him the prestigious Magician of the Year award.
David Copperfield - "Portal"
David Copperfield deserves the highest mark among all illusionists for his excellent performance of many magic tricks. Many consider him the most talented magician of all times and peoples. In this case, he managed to teleport himself and another outside viewer to Hawaii.
Dmitry Buinov