Stage illusion

Stage illusions are large-scale magic tricks. As the name implies, stage illusions are distinct from all other types of magic in that they are performed a considerable distance away from the audience, usually on a stage, in order to maintain the illusion.^[1] Stage illusions usually use large props and may involve the use of assistants or large animals.^[2] Examples of stage illusions include sawing a woman in half and .

Famous stage illusionists[]

• Criss Angel
• Harry Blackstone Sr.
• Harry Blackstone Jr.
• Guy Bavli
• Lance Burton
• David Copperfield
• John Daniel
• Murray Hatfield
• Doug Henning
• Alexander Herrmann
• Harry Houdini
• Harry August Jansen
• Jeff McBride
• The Pendragons
• Penn and Teller
• Siegfried & Roy
• Chung Ling Soo
• P. C. Sorcar Jr.
• Howard Thurston
• Val Valentino

Stage illusions[]

• Aquarian Illusion
• Asrah levitation
• Assistant's Revenge
• Aztec Lady
• Balducci levitation
• Battle of the Barrels
• Bullet catch
• Cabinet escape
• David Copperfield's laser illusion
• Devil's torture chamber
• Guillotine
• Impalement
• Indian rope trick
• Metamorphosis
• Mismade Girl
• Origami
• Predicament escape
• Radium Girl
• Sawing a woman in half
• Square Circle Production
• Squeeze Box Illusion
• Table of death
• Wringer
• Zig Zag Girl

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