Louisiana-born Lance Centanni-Sachs started studying Mongolian contortion at the age of 23. Now at 29, he is preparing for his second trip to Mongolia as part of a documentary project to trace the ...

If you’ve ever seen a Cirque du Soleil show, you’ll know the performances are always filled with death-defying stunts and feats of great strength that will often have audiences gasping in both fear ...

LAGOS (Reuters) - Her family wanted her to be a doctor or a lawyer, but on discovering as a teenager she could contort her body in unusual ways, Nigerian Ifeoma Amazobi decided that would be how she ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Six contortionists who worked on the set of the new Jamie Foxx/Snoop Dogg vampire film Day Shift ...

Emma Fay is a ridiculously talented artist who occasionally hangs out with also very talented contortionists. When she does this, she whips out the body paint, and transforms them into stunning works ...

Archaeologists in Mexico have uncovered two Olmec reliefs chiseled into large, circular stones that are thought to depict local rulers performing ritual contortion. The twin pieces were found in ...

To East Berlin last week went the intellectual acrobats and performing seals of Communism’s traveling peace circus. Two hundred strong, they staged their third meeting of the World Peace Council ...

In this challenge, gymnasts and contortionists face off in flexibility tests. How a Russian Jet Fighter Nearly Collided with ...