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Famous Magicians: David Blaine Street Magic, Levitation Videos And Magic Secrets Revealed

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Published: August 16, 2007

Magic has always been a crowd pleaser. Whenever a person breaks out into a magic trick on a crowded city street, it is not uncommon to see a crowd begin to gather around the magician. One person who is living proof that magic is an easy way to attract a crowd is famous magician David Blaine. However, David Blaine is not the average famous magician. David Blaine's success and stardom began with him and a friend carrying a hand-held video camera through the streets of Times Square in New York, stopping pedestrians along the way to watch him perform his now infamous sleight of hand tricks. This was the type of magic that gave David Blaine the title of famous magician, this was street magic.

After editing the footage that he had collected while performing magic tricks for people on the streets, David Blaine took the video to the president of ABC, Ted Harbert. After showing Ted and some of his colleges the video, David performed a card trick and a levitation act for the men. It was obvious that this man was destined to become a famous magician, so ABC paid David Blaine $1,000,000 to produce a television show under the name "Street Magic."

"Street Magic" was, as it would be for any famous magician, a dream come true for David Blaine. It was simply a reality show that followed the famous magician around the country as he stopped total strangers on the street and performed magic tricks for them. It wasn't just the tricks that David Blaine would perform that attracted viewers to Street Magic, it was the crazy reactions that he would receive from these people on the street after witnessing him perform his tricks. David Blaine didn't want "Street Magic" to focus on the tricks; he wanted more attention to be paid to the reactions of his live audience, which is what made the show so entertaining to watch in the first place.

David Blaine has had a number of national television specials where the famous magician has performed some of his most unbelievable magic tricks. For anyone looking for a collection of some of his best work, there is a DVD available for purchase. The DVD, "Fearless," is a compilation of the famous magician's first three specials aired on television: Street Magic, Magic Man and Frozen in Time. For someone who wants to see some of the famous magician's videos without paying anything, there is always the Internet. One can easily search through Google to find many short clips and videos of the famous magician performing his infamous magic tricks.

After seeing David Blaine perform one of his magic tricks, it is not uncommon for a person to want to know how they are done. Fortunately, it is possible for one to see the famous magician's magic secrets revealed. At goodtricks.net, visitors can browse through a list of street magic secrets revealed so they to will know how to successfully perform the sleight of hand tricks that David Blaine is known for. Some of the magic secrets revealed on the site which are similar to the famous magician's street magic tricks include the Card Through Window trick and the Coin Bite Trick.

One magic trick that David Blaine is famous for and continues to wow audiences to this day is that of levitation. Apparently, this isn't levitation at all but just an optical illusion. One of the more well-known techniques used by the famous magician is the Balducci levitation technique. The trick behind levitation is to create the illusion that both feet are actually rising off the ground, a technique that David Blaine has become quite good at.

David Blaine has many credits to his name, from the illusion of levitation to his famous card tricks, people can't help but be amazed by watching the famous magician in action. Although David Blaine's style is different from other famous magicians of the past like Harry Houdini and David Copperfield, he possesses the skill that can make just about anyone a believer. It would be safe to say that it will probably be quite a long time before this famous magician does his final vanishing act.


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David Blaine Style Free Magic Tricks Revealed. GoodTricks.net. 10 Aug. 2007.
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The Real David Blaine Magic and Levitation. Ellusionist.com, LLC. 2001-2007. 10 Aug. 2007.
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Showmann, RT. and Christian, Brad. #1 David Blaine Magic Information and Techniques. 2004-2006. 1streetmagic.com. 10 Aug. 2007. http://www.1streetmagic.com
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