Tag: contortion

Acrobat dancer Vera Christy

Acrobat-Dancer-Circus Performer Vera Christy Original Contact Photo, 1920s. | David Pollack Vintage Posters
Acrobat dancer, circus performer Vera Christy Original Contact Photo, 1920s. | src David Pollack Vintage Posters
Acrobat dancer, circus performer Vera Christy Original Contact Photo, 1920s. | src David Pollack Vintage Posters
Acrobat dancer, circus performer Vera Christy Original Contact Photo, 1920s. | src David Pollack Vintage Posters

Erni Erika by Manassé (ca. 1930)

Atelier Manassé (Olga Spolarics and Adorjan von Wlassics) :: Erni Erika, 1930. Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped. | src Heritage Auctions
Atelier Manassé (Olga Spolarics and Adorjan von Wlassics) :: Erni Erika, 1930. Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped. | src Heritage Auctions
Atelier Manassé (Olga Spolarics and Adorjan von Wlassics) :: Erni Erika, 1930. Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped. | src Heritage Auctions
Atelier Manassé (Olga Spolarics & Adorjan von Wlassics) :: Erni Erika, um 1930. Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped. | src Heritage Auctions

Waneya with Foot over Head

George Rinhart :: Waneya, world-renowned acrobatic dancer, in a most difficult pose. One can almost understand how Waneyo gets into these queer positions, but how does she get out of them? Undated photograph, circa 1920. (original caption) | src Getty Images

Contortionist Alberto

Huis van Alijn :: Contortionist Alberto. Albert Van Royen (1904-1980) became famous as the contortionist Alberto or the Human Alligator. | src The House of Alijn, Gent, Belgium
Huis van Alijn :: Contortionist Alberto. Albert Van Royen (1904-1980) became famous as the contortionist Alberto or the Human Alligator. | src The House of Alijn, Gent, Belgium