#circus acrobats

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Kimball Twins, Iron Jaw, circa 1920s. Frederick Whitman Glasier (1866–1950) photograph.

The Kimball Twins performed the iron jaw, a “daring display of dental dexterity,” and flew through the air “revolving and twisting while suspended by their teeth.”

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Female circus acrobats, show off their muscles. Photos range from the 1920s to the 1950s.

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Silks

My second class was yesterday. I was not super thrilled to go because last week was stressful for me. My mom basically took a shit on all the confidence I had that I could be good at this when she asked me "what are you going to hang from the curtains now?" I came home and cried. But yesterday was okay. I mastered the climb. I climbed all the way up to the ceiling and then back down. I'm also double joined which is working to my advantage. I was told yesterday if I could to a bridge forward walk through and put my head between my legs on that position, my instructor will have a different trick to teach me on the silks and I'm excited about that. So I'm going to try to master it before my next class.