Elaine Ewing on Instagram: "Vintage Early 1930s Contortionist This vintage performance of extreme backbends, splits, and more is one of the most incredible I’ve seen in a while. She might have a natural flexibility in these ways, but that doesn’t mean performing is easy. Much of the art is in putting it altogether in ways that looks effortless. Feel free to share, tag me back for a repost in my stories. 📅 Shared at 6:51am EST 2/11/26 #physicalculture #vintageexercise #vintagecontortionist #exer

Elaine Ewing on Instagram: "Vintage 1930s Contortionist Acrobat Its hard to decide which movement or pose in this vintage film is the most impressive, but I think it might be when she’s in the backbend-inversion without using her arms or hands for support… and turns her to look at the camera. I feel like turning the head in that moment would be super straining, but I’m sure when you put in the amount of practice she would have had to do in order to perform this, and when you know how to do it co

Elaine Ewing on Instagram: "Vintage Early 1940s Contortionist Work These are super impressive backbend sequences! It’s really interesting to watch carefully and observe the ways she uses her body to accomplish the complex movements, such as using rotation and where and how she uses stability. This film was taken around the same time when Carola Trier had already come to the US and was traveling the country with her vaudeville show as an acrobatic dancer on roller skates. It was soon after this w