Last month saw the bi-annual convention of contortionists, held by Ska von Schöning in Köln; this year’s attendees included world champion Zlata, and inventor of the extreme Ruppel-backbend, Alina Ruppel, who was trained by her mother, and contortion coach Gerd Rasquin.
To keep up to date with new developments within the artform, there is an online contortion community here, and you can find a useful glossary of technical terms at The Contortion Homepage (which I have now added to my list of Links).
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