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On the Web
- Contortion @ MSN - Online community focusing on contortion, flexibility, double-jointed people, gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, dance, dancers, yoga, circus, acrobatics, and stretching.
- The Contortion Home Page - The Contortion Home Page is dedicated to the beautiful art of contortion. Here you may see hundreds of pictures of the world's most flexible people, learn about flexibility training, acrobatics, dance, and circus arts. You can also get in contact with contortion enthusiasts worldwide.
- Discogs.com: The Contortions - Introduction, image, release information, and links.
- The Contortion Home Page - Dedicated to the beautiful art of contortion.
- Contortion and Flexibility Images by Elainilee - Contortion and flexibility images.
- JP's Contortion Site - Still video captures of contortion collection.
- Mikes Flexible People - Various pics and vids on all forms of flexibility and contortion including yoga, exercise, dance, gymnastics, contortion and acrobatics.
- Contortionists Australia - Collection of images of Australian contortionists.
- Japan Contortion Photo gallery - An enthusiast of Japanese and Chinese circus contortionists. Large collection of photographs.
- Flex City - Includes contortion video snaps.
Wikipedia Articles
- Contortion - Contortion (sometimes contortionism) is an unusual form of physical display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
- Irina Kazakova - A Russian contortionist, Irina Kazakova is known as the world's most flexible. She is a world class gymnast who specializes in contortion and rhythmic gymnastics on Russia's national team.
- Elena Lev - Elena Lev, born in Moscow, Russia in 1982, began her training to become a rhythmic gymnast at an early age, assisted and coached by her mother, Elena Lev Sr. She developed a signature hula hoop act incorporating gymnastics and contortion.
- Silks - Aerial Silks (also known aerial tissue/tissu, aerial silk, ribbon, aerial fabric, aerial ballet in silk, aerial contortion or aerial curtain or even Contorsion au de Silk) is a circus art where a performer or performers hang and perform acrobatics while suspended by a special fabric. The performer/acrobat climbs the suspended fabric usually 20-35 feet high.
- Frontbend - A frontbend is a contortion position where the body is curved forward at the hips and spine. In an extreme frontbend, some contortionists can place the backs of their knees behind their shoulders.