Twisted Bodies: Aspects of Female Contortionism in the Letters of a Connoisseur

Karl Toepfer
“La contorsionniste” (1955-1963) by Dutch artist Pyke Koch (1901-1991), from Carel Blotkamp (b. 1945), “Pyle Koch,” Paris: Institut Néerlandais, 1982. For an overview of the history of contortionism, see Ariane Martinez, “Contorsion, une histoire de la souplesse extrême en Occident (XIXe-XXIe siècles),”  Paris: Société d’Histoire du Théâtre, 2021.

“Twisted Bodies: Aspects of Female Contortionism in the Letter of a Connoisseur,” The Drama Review 43, 1 (T161), Spring 1999, 104-136.

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  1. Reminds me of German Configuration of timpani drums vs American Configuration of timpani drums. The American configuration of drums makes more sense because all mallet instruments have the lower notes on the left side of the player

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