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Contortion (sometimes contortionism) is a performance art in which performers called contortionists showcase their skills of extreme physical flexibility. Contortion acts often accompany acrobatics , circus acts, street performers and other live performing arts.
Contortionist doing a backbend A backbend is a gymnastics , contortion , dance and ice skating move, where the spine is bent backwards, and catching oneself with the hands. Throughout the move, the abdominal muscles , obliques , and legs are used to steady the performer while curving backwards.
Aleksei I. Goloborodko (Russian: Алексей Голобородько, Russian pronunciation: [ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej ɡəɫɐbɐˈrotʲkə], born 1994) [citation needed] is a Russian contortionist. In addition to contortion, he has trained in classical and modern dance and Chinese martial arts.
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Systems that have attempted to formally organize circus skills into pragmatic teaching groupings include the Gurevich system [1] (the basis of the Russian Circus School's curriculum) and the Hovey Burgess system.
McNulty is a self-taught contortionist. She began making YouTube videos in 2016 when she was 14 [4] after gaining a small following on Instagram. At the time, Instagram only allowed 15-second videos and McNulty needed more time to share flexibility tips. [5] [7] Her YouTube content focuses on flexibility and stretching. [4]
[5] [6] When she found that she was able to perform similarly to the contortionist in a Cirque du Soleil video, she began at age 12 to teach herself contortion by emulating poses that she found on YouTube and inventing new poses. [5] [8] [9] She soon performed at gatherings for friends and family and eventually was hired for larger events.
Marinelli bend is a form of contortion posture in which the performer (most often female) supports their whole body weight only by biting onto a mouth grip attached to a short post in a backbend position with their buttocks sitting on their own head.