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Behind the barrier, at some distance from it, there is a curtain. Four bright lamps burn on its sides, the light from which, reflected by reflectors, falls on the audience. The curtain slowly opens and the audience sees: in the middle of the small stage hangs a small swing with a board painted white. The swing is suspended on nickel-plated chains. Below, under the swing, to prove that there is nothing underneath, hangs, swinging on a nickel-plated chain, a small dagger. On the board is a bust of a woman. She nods and smiles welcomingly at the audience. She holds a fan in her hands, with which she occasionally fans herself, and with her other hand she holds on to the chain of the swing (Fig. 211).

Focus Talking bust
Fig. 211

The performer invites the audience to ask questions, which the woman willingly answers. Wanting to prove that the swing is hanging in the air, the illusionist moves his hand under it and in doing so touches the dagger, which begins to sway. The illusionist tells the woman that the audience wants to see if she is alive. In response to this, the woman grabs the chains with both hands and, swaying slightly, rises a little. Viewers can clearly see that her body ends at her waist. The performer again quickly moves his hand along the swing board and under the performer. A woman has no torso!

The curtain is slowly closing.

Focus secret:

The woman is in a horizontal position, lying on a large board suspended from the ceiling by ropes covered with black velvet. The board also comes with a black velvet cover. The woman is wearing a long black velvet robe. The woman's bust is draped in light-colored fabric. The shoulder straps discreetly attach a mannequin chest to the waist. This mannequin is also draped with fabric matching the color of the bust's drapery in such a way that from the outside it seems that the mannequin is part of a living person.

The assistant’s torso and legs are completely invisible to the audience, because the entire space of the stage is also draped in black velvet, against which the black velvet robe and large board are lost.

In Fig. 212 you can clearly see how the woman lies and how the mannequin props her up, merging with the top of her body.

Focus Talking bust
Fig. 212

The nickel-plated chains and white swing board, as well as the light tones of the bodice, stand out against the black velvet. The light from the lamps, falling only on the performer’s head and upper body, darkens the velvet. The light from the lamps, reflected by reflectors into the auditorium, completely hides the woman’s torso. It seems to everyone that she is truly “incorporeal” and fits freely on a small white board of a swing.

Author: Vadimov A.A.

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