It's the same principle under the water, a perspex platform allows the magician to appear as if they're walking on water.Magic tricks for kids are a great way for parents and nannies to keep the family entertained. That is why the magicians who perform it often stand in a way which perfectly conceals the end of their staff or rod: the latter simply has an extended support passing through their clothes. The secret of this trick, which is highly popular among street magicians, is a cleverly hidden support. The trick really needs no explaining - the magician is suspended in the air, or walks across the water, without an obvious tell alerting the audience to the illusion. It was made famous by the magician Steve Frayne, known as Dynamo, when in 2011 he walked across the River Thames in London. Jesus Christ supposedly did it first, but walking on water and levitation is a favourite of magicians. It's Dynamo's first visit to New Zealand. The illusionist has announced his New Zealand street magic tour. The eye is easily tricked into thinking Lady Liberty had disappeared, and well-placed spotlights pointed to the sky - but not on the statue - help sell the illusion.Īt a press conference in Auckland Dynamo appeared as if out of thin air. The curtain was dropped, and at the same time blinding lights attached to the scaffolding beside the statue were turned on, facing the audience and cameras. The only lights on Liberty Island come from around the statue and once the curtain blocked any view of the statue all the lights were turned off. In front of 20 tourists, and millions watching on television around the world, Copperfield raised a giant curtain attached to scaffolding in front of the statue on Liberty Island in Upper New York Bay. When the curtain dropped it had disappeared.Ī helicopter hovered overhead to give an aerial view of the illusion and the statue appeared to have vanished, with only the circle of lights surrounding it still present and visible.
Potentially Copperfield's most well-known trick was making the Statue of Liberty disappear in 1983. A well-placed key helps remove the rather loose restraints.Ĭopperfield's illusion in 1983 gave him worldwide fame. While the assistants padlock the lid shut, they surreptitiously remove the pin from the lid's hinge meaning the magician can push it open with their feet and leverage their way out of the cell. Hanging upside down with the blood rushing to your head, while fully immersed under water for three minutes could be dangerous. The trick in itself has many risks, and a magician must be in pretty good shape to pull it off. The illusion consists of three parts: first, the magician's feet are locked in stocks next, they are suspended in mid-air from their ankles with a restraint brace finally, they are lowered into a glass tank overflowing with water and the restraint is locked to the top of the cell. The famous Hungarian-American magician Harry Houdini first performed this escape illusion in 1912 in Berlin, Germany.
So we thought we'd take a look behind the magician's curtain at some of the classic tricks that have continued to dazzle audiences. "Many might already know the trick, but it's about how you execute it that you will be remembered for." Wellington magician Paul Bates - who once met Copperfield at a magic convention in the US - said secret or not, the audience is there to be entertained and want to see an illusion. The judge disagreed as it was understood more than 55,000 participants had taken part in the trick over 10 years, his secrets were therefore not so secret. He didn't.Ĭopperfield argued that "secrets" and a "lot of hard work" went into the success of the tricks and therefore should be protected.
Copperfield also captured the world's attention when he made it appear as if he walked through the Great Wall of China.
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