May 8 (UPI) --A contortionist and a hula hoop performer teamed up in Britain to break an unusual Guinness World Record involving a "human belt." Liberty Barros, a dancer and contortion expert, wrapped ...

I tried to ignore the pounding in my head and focus on the encouraging words of Oyun-Erdene Senge, the world-class contortionist holding me by the legs in an effort to teach me a headstand. As I ...

As the cast of world-famous Cirque du Soleil perform feats of body-bending magic at London’s Royal Albert Hall, Maddy Fletcher finds out what it takes to join a circus like no other. If Oyun-Erdene ...

Cirque du Soleil has been enchanting audiences around the globe for decades with its show-stopping performances. The core of Cirque has always been about exploring creativity and wonderment through ...

Kids ask the best questions. That’s what I’ve learned since my 9-year-old daughter and her friends started “The Dream Jobs Club,” a group whose sole goal is to interview people with “dream” careers.

Set in the silent-movie era, with frilly lace costumes, barrel curls and falsies, the two doll-like women in Another Point of View inhabit a surreal, toy-box world. Folding themselves in half, ...

A teenage contortionist managed to leave America's Got Talent: The Champions judges in shock as she completed an incredible performance on the show on Monday. Sofie Dossi, a self-taught contortionist, ...

Captain Frodo has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, which makes his joints hypermobile.(Perou) How do contortionists become so flexible that they can fold in two or fit into impossibly small spaces? Are these ...

For some, a contortionist is nothing more than a freak-show act, doing something unnatural, not a thing of grace or beauty. But in Mongolia, flexing and bending the body into seemingly impossible ...