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Contortionist is a very popular profession in 2022.
Contortionists are artists who perform contortion a style of performing arts.
A style of performance art known as contortion allows artists known as contortionists to demonstrate their incredibly flexible bodies.
Acrobatics, circus performances, street performers, and other forms of live performance art sometimes include contortion acts.
Most often, live audiences are present when contortion acts are done. An act will feature one or more artists performing a choreographed series of positions or moves that call for exceptional flexibility, frequently to music.
Contortionists must have a great deal of flexibility in their bodies to perform this art.
Depending on which direction their spine is more flexible in, most contortionists are either 'front benders' or 'back benders.' Few performers are equally skilled in both, though.
The average pay for contortionists in the US is $35,360, with wages ranging from $16,640 to $74,880.
Contortionists used to be almost solely linked with circuses and fairs, but more lately, they have started to act in nightclubs, theme parks, magazine commercials, etc.