volante

The levitation trick where he floats up onto a chair or low wall is done using specially prepared trousers and shoes. The shoes are actually slippers - they have a very low back so that his feet can slip in and out of them easily. The shoes also have very strong, rare-earth magnets along the inside edge so that when he puts his feet together, the shoes stick to each other. The bottom of the right trouser leg is attatched to the back of the right shoe, the right trouser leg has a flap covering an opening at the front (so he can get his leg out) and curved plastic inserts in the back so when he removes his leg the trousers retain their shape. To perform the trick he walks up to the chair, puts his feet together so the shoes stick to each other, lifts his right leg through the hidden opening up onto the chair, and then steps up. When his left foot is on the chair he puts his right foot and leg back through the opening in the trousers, into the shoe and walks away.