Christine Danton (Shillaker), professionally billed as "The Amazing Cristina" (aged: ) is an Australian contortionist who still performed her contortion act at the age of 71 in 2016. 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"Innocence" (2000) Written, Directed & Produced by Paul Cox 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."Hypermobility of Joints" (Author- Peter Bieghton) Publisher - Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K; 2nd Revised edition (Aug 1989) 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"Adelaide Tonight" South Australian variety show from the studios of NWS 9 in Adelaide and went on to tour internationally as a featured cabaret artist.
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External links Personal Web Site Contortionists Unite