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 Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 8:58 pm
 The Contortionist Who is this girl who bends her legs?
How does she swing her arms that way?
Why is it that her bones don't crack like eggs?
And where exactly do her organs lay?
This is a girl who can't be real.
A person couldn't possible hold that pose.
I can't imagine the pain that one would feel...
If ever they touched their little toe to their nose.
Cover your mouths and close your eyes,
For a show like this is not for the faint or meek.
I'd much rather watch a girl that flies,
Than see the disturbing contortions of a circus freak...
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 8:59 pm
HistoryCasilda was the last born daughter to Inez and Patricia Soccoro. She had three older sisters who lived with her in her tiny home in Spain. Her mother was a house wife, and her father was a factory worker. Times were hard for Casilda and her family, in a world where money was scarce and food was stale.
When Casilda was still just a child, she would sneak away from her mother's side and find places to hide to be with her thoughts. It was during these personal times that Casilda would experiment with child-like tumbles and catwheels. She discovered quickly how nimble her joints were, and how easily she could bend her body. She'd never seen one of her sisters change their shape the way she could, and she knew her secret talent was special. Casilda tried new things every day, never worrying about bending the wrong way and accudentally snapping an important bone. She never thought that it would ever be any real use to tell anyone of her talent, until she was spotted one day by her father.
Casilda's father was a man full of worry for his family. He never had enough money to bring home for them, never had enough food to feed to them, and never had enough energy to tend to them. This is why he was so anxious to show Casilda to the world. In a time when people needed an excuse to be amazed, Inez knew that a girl like his little Casilda could easily capture the hearts of their fellow villagers, and even delve into their wallets and purses.
It wasn't long before Inez had put Casilda to work on the street, performing her strange acts for the people for a few hours every day. It was not always a perfect job. Some days, the people would drop coins into her little wooden box and cheer her on...but other days, the children would come and through stones and plums at her, shouting names that were enough to bring tears from her eyes. Casilda had to wonder if she was a freak...if something was wrong with her some days...
It was when Casilda was fourteen years old that her family finally raised enough money to leave Spain behind. Her mother had always been a dreamer, and her biggest dream was to go to America. They immegrated there by a large, dirty boat. With minimal luggage, and minimal money, the Soccorro family took a run-down apartment in New York, 1920. Indeed, this was the perfect place for Casilda to view what showbiz was like at the top of the world.
For four years, Casilda practiced her art. She learned to put it to good use around the house as well, helping her mother to get into hard-to-reach spaces when cleaning needed to be done. Her mother often made a little joke when she watched her daughter.
"My little Casilda, one day I will sell you to the circus for all the money in the world."
Casilda knew that her mother could never sell her to the circus, but the phrase had burned itself into her mind, winding its way through her idead until finally, she held a little secret dream in her heart. Casilda would go to the circus one day, and she would be a star.
On Casilda's eighteenth birthday, she packed her bags and told her family of her dream. Her mind had been made up, she would leave them all for a while to find her place in a tent with bright lights and loud music. She would be in the center of a stage, showing off her talent to an audience of hundreds, even thousands! And of course...she would take care of them.
Casilda took her things and left her family behind, finding herself at long last at a circus so unique that she cannot bare to seek elsewhere...Casilda knows that given the chance, she could be...a Circus Star.
Casilda the Contortionist.
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 9:07 pm
Skills and Talents Contortionism and its simple uses...
In coming to the circus, Casilda knew that she would have to start off low. Bottom of the food chain low... So she came up with some ideas right away about how she could contribute to the circus before getting up on stage. Casilda had always been very good at her housework. In fact, her flexibility gave her the advantage of being able to get into hard-to-reach spaces. She can bend extremely low, and twist around almost any corner. Casilda would make a perfect asset to any clean-up crew.
Contorionism on the stage!
Casilda is extremely practiced at her art. Her best skills include frontbending, backbending, enterology, the splits, and dislocation. Her favorite type of act is a rag doll act, in which the contortionist is carried by two assistants while dressed to look like a life-sized doll. She is able to keep herself completely limp and dislocated, only to jump out of a small box at the end to reveal herself as a human being! Her most challenging act would be the Spanish Web, as Casilda has yet to work up the courage to attempt suspending herself so high above the ground.
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 9:09 pm
Her World and Time Type A
In a time like the historic 1920s in America, the stage is key to a good life. Casilda would never deny such a fact, as she too seeks the limelite. The only difference in her case, is that her goal is to met at the circus, rather than on Broadway. Glitz and glam don't faze this young aspiring circus star. Casilda says, send in the clowns, and then lay the spotlight on her.
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 9:12 pm
PersonalityCasilda, for the most part, is a humble girl from humble origins. When she's being her typical self, she is a nice girl to get to know and is usually pretty easy to get along with. It seems, however, that Casilda has something of a split personality. After so many years of dreaming, she had become extremely enthused when it comes to her talents. Talk to her about the stage and she will turn into a fiesty young woman! She knows her strong points and is not afraid to emphasize them. On the stage, Casilda takes the spotlight and doesn't let it go. She never fails to impress an audience and she is happy to be the glittering, sparkling eye candy of the show. Casilda's one qualm? She gets hurt when people see her as a freak...
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 9:13 pm
AppearanceCasilda is a classic Latin beauty. She is very thin, with unusually long limbs in her culture. Her skin is perfectly tanned, her her long black hair is usually worn in a braid or long pony-tail. Casilda has dark brown eyes, like a doe, which make her seem gentle when she's dressed down. On the stage however, she is usually in skin-tight body suits or sexy hand-maid costumes that glitter in the spotlight.
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:26 pm
Her Stages This is not a definite thing, it's only an idea to show that she has room to grow.Stage One (May be able to do any one of these jobs)
>Clean-up Crew
>Audience Arrousel between acts
>Other forms of maintenence.
Stage Two
>Side Show/Freak Show
>Mini acts for people who want to see just her, perhaps in a box or behind a little curtain.
Stage Three
Casilda's maind goal is to get her own main act, complete with assistants and a full segment in the circus ring.
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 11:56 pm
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Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 9:30 am
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Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:51 am
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