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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
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