page_title: Backbend
hierarchical_section_title: Backbend
caption_attribution_description: Accession Number: 2003:1171:0010 Maker: Thiele's Photographic Rooms Title: Contortionist, posed in studio Date: ca. 1880 Medium: albumen print Dimensions: Image: 14.4 x 10 cm (5 11/16 x 3 15/16 in.) Mount: 16.3 x 10.7 cm (6 7/16 x 4 3/16 in.) George Eastman House Collection
context_page_description: 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. Modern yoga includes some backbending asanas. Backbending can be acquired from intense training or genetics.
context_section_description: 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. Modern yoga includes some backbending asanas. Backbending can be acquired from intense training or genetics.
caption: Contortionist doing a backbend
exif: {}