QUASSAR'S QUIZ: HERE IS THE MARINELLI BEND DONE BY VARIOUS CONTORTIONISTS
The following is a page from the Oct./Nov. 1958 issue of "ACROBATICS", Official Journal Of The Association Of Acrobats.
RUDOLPH "PINKY" DELMONTE & THE MARINELLI BEND
FIELD SISTERS
The Field Sisters were a famous Balancing Act that started in the 1940's, the understander was former Trapeze Sensation Fritzie Bartoni.
UNKNOWN CHINESE CONTORTIONIST
PINKY DOING THE "LAYOVER" A VARIATION OF THE BEND
Notice the strain in the fingers, I would think this is a much more difficult trick.
THE FIELD SISTERS
These girls were coached & the act put together by Eugene Lambart Sr. father of Gene Lambart who most remember as a Booking Agent, in his youth he was also a great Hand Balancer.
ONE HAND VARIATION
This is also one of the Field Sisters
ABDUL, THE SECOND TYPE OF "LAYOVER"
Notice he doesn't seem to have the extreme bend in the midsection. He probably has fewer back problems too.
ANOTHER VARIATION BY PINKY
THE THREE YAGAANTSETSEG
I can just hear Cleo pronouncing that one!
posted by 24-HOUR-MAN | 3:03 AM
3 Comments:
WOW!
These photos are INCREDIBLE!!!
(I can hardly balance on my two feet!)
:-)
Cindy Potter
I recall this being called "a soft back handstand" Lum Wong did it very well. In apposed to Kinko, who was known as a "front bender"Harry Engford was also a fine "soft back" acrobat.
What is Pinky - Rudolph Del Monte up to now? Where's he living? any connection to the circus any more?
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