In order to travel around the world, Jacki Ward had to bend over backward. Ward, a contortionist for the past five years, has turned her passion for the art form into a $25,000 fellowship that will ...

When you think of contortionists, images of circus performers (perhaps a la Cirque du Soleil) likely come to mind. The bending, twisting, and stretching seem impossible — and never fail to mesmerize.

MEET Maria Pucciarelli – a super-flexible contortionist who has spent hours in training to realise he dream. Maria, 19, from New York, has spent thousands of hours training – including being stood on ...

Jaures Kombila from Gabon can get into almost any position using his amazingly flexible body. But as a child, he suffered stigma because of his unusual abilities. Now, thanks to social media, he has ...

In this challenge, gymnasts and contortionists face off in flexibility tests. Body located amid search for missing Texas teen ...

SEATTLE — Peter Amelia is a trapeze artist and contortionist with Seattle’s Versatile Arts and Arcadia circus schools. "Increasing flexibility has just changed my life so dramatically," Peter said.

Austrian gymnast Stefanie Millinger shared a video of her contorting in a middle seat while on a flight to Poland. Millinger has been a professional contortionist for six years. She was a finalist of ...

Have you ever wondered how old Anna McNulty is and how she became a global sensation in contortion and flexibility? Anna McNulty’s journey from a self-taught contortionist to a social media superstar ...

Contortionists can generally either bend fully forward or fully backward, but not both. Zlata can do both. Here is Zlata demonstrating some very easy-to-do yoga moves ...

Captain Frodo is a very disconcerting figure. It could be his semi-naked and very white body, bulging eyes, tattooed back, or perhaps the 2in black pegs skewered through his nipples that do it. Or ...