Language is a concept that comes in many different forms, from the earliest days of man we had the beginnings of a language with grunting, which then evolved to some form of communication that in time took form into the way of speaking that we now know. Having said that, expressing yourself  holds many possibilities, giving people the option of speaking in different tongues and different dialects. Accentuating nuances that would normally be forgotten, giving words and terms double meanings in peoples respective mother tongue, enter The Contortionist.