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My Contortion Warm Up Routine (An Example)
Contortion, Performing Danielle Enos (Dani Winks) Contortion, Performing Danielle Enos (Dani Winks)

My Contortion Warm Up Routine (An Example)

Since it’s October and that usually means the start of a heavier performing season (really from Halloween-ish themed things all the way to the Holidays and NYE), I thought I’d do some more posts this month about performing as a contortionist.

I had two (!) contortion gigs last week, both using my lollipop lyra, an aerial-ish apparatus that’s basically a big hoop (lyra) that sits on top of a stage pole that I do bendy tricks in. For one of them I filmed my warm up routine so I could share what a typical contortion warm up (for me) tends to look like.

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Contortion Gig Packing List
Contortion, Performing Danielle Enos (Dani Winks) Contortion, Performing Danielle Enos (Dani Winks)

Contortion Gig Packing List

I’m someone who thrives off of checklists and organizes a decent amount of my life in Excel (OK - Google Sheets, I don’t pay for Microsoft Excel). Once I started performing regularly, I quickly realized I needed an idiot-proof list of all my makeup and props I should be bringing to my gigs.

Here are my go-to’s of what to pack for a performance…

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