Christine Danton (Shillaker), professionally billed as "The Amazing Cristina" (aged: 78–80) is an Australian contortionist who still performed her contortion act at the age of 71 in 2016.[1] Celebrating over 50 years as a professional performer, Christine has been featured on several TV Shows, including "Just for the Record" and "Australia's Got Talent", and has worked internationally in theatre, film[2] and circus. In the early 1960s while performing in Europe, Christine was asked to pose for the medical journal "Hypermobility of Joints", and it was those b&w images that were used in early (and possibly later) editions of that publication.[3] Christine performs her contortion act on a regular basis and is also in great demand as an "After Dinner Speaker".
Christine started her professional career as a dancer/contortionist in the early days of Australian television in Adelaide[4] and went on to tour internationally as a featured cabaret artist.
References
edit- ^ Hadgraft, Beverly (July 3, 2016). "World's oldest contortionist Christine Danton, 71, bends the rules". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
- ^ "Innocence" (2000) Written, Directed & Produced by Paul Cox
- ^ "Hypermobility of Joints" (Author- Peter Bieghton) Publisher - Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K; 2nd Revised edition (Aug 1989)
- ^ "Adelaide Tonight" South Australian variety show from the studios of NWS 9 in Adelaide
External links
edit- Personal Web Site[dead link]
- Contortionists Unite Archived 2011-10-09 at the Wayback Machine