Martin Munkácsi :: Dancer, Gsovsky Ballet, Berlin, ca. 1933 (Glass plate) / src: ICP
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Tag: contortion
Ruth and Ella Myles aka Beauty Poses, British Pathé, 1935 / src of GIF: gypsyastronaut
Various shots of acrobats Ruth and Ella Myles performing graceful balances and contortions in the studio. They are both extremely supple! Both wear white swimsuits with black belts and tie and the neck. Their final feat involves one girl doing a back bend and staying in that crab position while the other stands on her pelvis and does a back bend there!
more information and full video, at British Pathé also in YouTube
Andrea Diglas :: Contortionist and model Nina Burri Easter Card, 2010 / src: Nina Burri website
James Burke :: Hindu swami performing yoga on Ganges riverbank, 1953 / src: The LIFE Picture Collection
Wallace Kirkland :: Boy twisting himself into a yoga position, 1940 / src: The LIFE Images Collection
George Rinhart (for Underwood & Underwood) :: Miss Amelia Allen, contortionist in Backward Circle, July 3, 1926
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Bonnie Nebelong, ca. 1940s
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