. . . or an Ode to the Cheshire Cat? This 16.03-second short begins with a somewhat limber guy grasping his feet with his hands as he hangs from the gymnastics apparatus known as the "Flying Rings." He has his head tucked neatly between his feet, like something out of ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Luis Martinetti is dressed in a white and dark lightning-striped Unitard, with each of his thighs poking through a 12-inch iron ring, leaving his teeny tiny butt against the back of his head! Next, he releases his feet and puts his hands on the lower outside quadrant of each ring. After briefly centering himself upright, he leans back and positions himself sideways--head to the left--and does four gyrations, holding his right heel with his left hand while clasping the bottom of the left ring with his right hand as the inside of his left leg is held up by the bottom of the right ring. (Do NOT try this at home!!) Luis than slowly dissolves from our view, just like the grin of Lewis Carroll's Cheshire Cat!
Review of Luis Martinetti, Contortionist
