Chair Suspension

    NO assistant is required for this illusion, an audience member can be used. Perform completely surrounded clear of back-drops or drapes!

Two chairs are brought onto center stage and unfolded, then positioned face to face. A flat wooden stretcher is rested on their backs w/ a blanket draped over it. An audience member is invited to lay on the stretcher. The assistant is covered in the blanket and the chair under her legs is slowly slid out from under her, leaving her suspended atop the stretcher and balancing on the back of one chair. The the stretcher is slid out from under her, leaving her perfectly rigid, balancing on the back of the chair.

Note these features:

• Performer may walk ENTIRELY AWAY while person is suspended
  
• A one-person illusion requiring NO assistants
  
• Up and running with a minimum of rehearsal
  
• Use ANYONE up to 100 pounds
  
• Everything, including chairs weighs just 33 pounds
  
• Chairs are standard commercial quality folding chairs
  
• The board measures 45 inches long and 13 wide
  
• The Velour cloth is 43 by 53 inches
  
• The support on which the "floater" rests has been made extra large for a feeling of stability
  
• Support board measures 10 1/2 by 36 inches

This lightweight mystery packs flat and can be shipped or transported anywhere in the world.