Levistick

I also have the tutorial to learn every move in that performance the best move for tricking an audience is in the video below. the hands behind the back hover move. easy to do but need great timing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA_crI8VN7k

And It can be done with fire a great way to confuse people who know it's on a string as if done well and not very long they can't work it out quickly enough.

and if you want the daddy levistick the best lookiing one out there:

http://www.magicworld.co.uk/magic-shop/catalog/Dancing-Red-Cane-Lighted-p-218.html

if you want to learn, look for Dancing cane tutorials they have so much more than levistick.
Another good tip is to regularly change the hand you use so people get confused. they see it and say "its attached to his/her hand" then when you change they get a seed of doubt and always come up and ask how it's done

do you know any store in europe tha i can order a levistick or fire flow wand?

check this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdq7_Op5nhY&feature=player_profilepage

do you know how can someone construct something like that?

Hiya

You can get fire ones here:
http://www.salza.se/category.php?c=37

or you can make your own, they are quite easy.
Aluminium tube
kevlar wick
Kevlar thread / string

just make the hole a fraction above the balance point (centre of gravity).

i still haven't understand where the string is going and how you use it!

It is basically a stick with string going through a hole just off centre. i,e,


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The string is doubles in a loop. People chose to put different parts in the loop. Some people put both hands, this limits the moves down. Most people put ne hand/finger/thumb in and then hold the other hand nearby to create an illusion that it is controlled by both hands.

So you pick it up, find out which end is more likely to head down, stick it up vertically and start 'swinging' it side to side. Its very much like stalling poi side to side. You can't just swing it because then it doesn't stay in the same plane.

After you have the basic stall sidwe to side move you can bring it around your head or behind your back and between your body and your hand.

Basically the trick is to keep the stick vertical and to not hit the string with the stick (as this will make it wobble and fall over)

Best thing to do is find someone with one and practice for an hour to get the feel of it. *nods*

You should have 1 loop of string through the whole in the middle, then tie a knot as close to the stick as possible leaving 1 large loop, this can go over the thumb and extra wraps around fingers are used for moves like horizontal leviation or you can use your ring finger to open the loop wider from the thumb so you can transition to the other hand.

I'm thinking of trying to make a golw one using concentrate glow units from my staffs, I just need to get some tube short enough and get the hole right. if i do it i'll pop up a video

Ms Vanity - Search for "dancing cane" many nmagic shops will have cheap ones to learn with

well video's not perfect but was only a quick job.

Here's a bit of the tutorial I have for threading the cane

http://s41.photobucket.com/albums/e267/Mynci/Vids/?action=view&current=threads.flv

Please don't look at the other videos as they are years old I'm better than that now

if anyone wants any other videos I have the whole David mann tutorial so can chop it into managable peices if you ask REALLY nicely it's about 700Mb in total, but shhh it's a secret

edit

Maybe I should mention - File is .WMV because it was much smaller so will need windows media player compatible video player

Edit, Actually scrub that THink it's FLV oops

I'd love to get some more ideas on intermediate and advanced tricks. I feel like I'm plateauing a bit. Molly and I went out and ... umm... what's the verb? Spun? Floated? Sticked? Stuck? on Trancegiving Eve and had a great night. I know it's quite a bit of dance to make it look good, but I'm sure there are some learnable "tricks" as well. I've been looking at youtube vids but haven't seem much that's really inspired me.

Went to an outdoor psytrance party over the weekend and got some glow sticks that were about 2 inches shorter than the length of the flow wand. With a bit of tape and a couple of mins messing with the placement and you've got a levi glowstick to trip out the punters till the wee small hours. Good times

I've got a few tricks I'm working on with these but I just never seem to have enough time to dedicate to it. I'm working on some cross overs between levistick and double staff though video to follow when I get access to a decent camera.

I'm looking forward to seeing that. I did find some inspiration on youtube.

Hello I live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and was wondering if anyone knew where one could purchase a LED Glow Levi-Stick within canada ? Or Which is a good brand to go with ?

dunno about in Canada but the best glow levi stick I've seen for sale has a link above

Hi! I've been wondering: is there any established move terminology for levistick? How do levistickers discuss moves and such?

Many thanks!

The only terminology I can think of is the fact that non-magicians call it levisticking - whereas magicians call it a dancing cane. there are names for dancing cane moves but nothing specific that I have seen for Levi stick.

hi everybody! I never realised that there is such a lively levistick discussion going on here...great!!

as for the intermediate/advanced inspiration...try to work with different lengths of the thread. it's a bit tricky to work with in the beginning, because you have to figure out how to balance the stick for each length, but it's totally worth it, great effect!! so you basically have one long thread and wind it up around your fingers from time to time. (or use your free hand to catch the thread and create effects with that...)
one of my fav videos as an example ;):



other than that I think it's always worth it to just experiment with the space around your body...for example try to bring moves you already know behind your back etc...I'm currently working on that, as you can see here in the first few seconds:



as for the terminology...so far I never heard of any official names for certain "moves" or anything like that...and I actually think that that is a good thing because it leaves so much space for creativity

thanks for the videos, havent seen that one if Fine... it is great almost techy levistick.. if i dare go there

i do some flow wand (levistick) in my latest vlog. i use a really long tether so i can do some rope dart style moves with it. hope y'all like it!

I just got my flow wand about a week ago and absolutly love it so far, having a little trouble making my free hand look good ha ha, Im not too fond of having a black string though is there a different string i could use that wont be as visable during the day?
Ness

that looks like it would be very fun to watch