How Does Criss Angel Levitate?

I once saw a street performer do this, and its an easy trick, if you have good balance...

You start by turning with your side facing your audience. You keep the foot on the side facing your audience flat and still. Slowly raise yourself up with the ball of your other foot, which is hidden behind the leg facing the crowd. Your front leg will look like it is floating and the crowd will be tricked into assuming the other foot is off the ground too. When practiced and done correctly, it looks very believable!!!

I've seen it on a show before. They have invisible strings and the angle of the camera does not let you see the crane... Thats why he appears to levitate...

Criss Angel is not the only one to have done this in public, last season on the tv show America's Got Talent, one of the people trying out levitated as his act.  He was dressed as some type of monk, and his name was "Special Head"  (I know, but that was really his name) Here is a video of it, it was very surprising.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=v15OcJTjNyE

I have to agree with Ccye2007 above... It's plainly camera tricks, invisible wires and audience participation. It surprises me to no end the gullibility of some people, and even more so the suave and cunning skill the magic and car salesman worlds use to manipulate them. It's like people who think they can talk directly to celebrities just by typing in that person's name online.

Levitation occurs when a person is airborne without any physical force acting on him. According to Criss Angel his levitation is a combination of the mind, body and spirit that has been reinforced by years of penance and practice. He has promised to give further insights in the book that he is currently writing.

Levitation is an outcome of kinesis which seeks to explain the mysterious movement of people, animals and objects. Kinesis was the subject of a famous Sidney Sheldon novel ~ A Stranger in the Mirror. There have been numerous instances of meditation in the past where there have been allusions to ghosts and other spirits. One of the earliest recorded instances was in the 17th century when Joseph of Cupertino levitated. There are priests and nuns who claim to have levitated when they were in the throes of rapture in their devotion to the Lord. But most of these claims remain unsubstantiated.

A magician never reveals his/her secret, well to tell you the truth only criss can answer this question !!