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I tested the dark side of flexibility by using contortion for a day of ridiculous “evil” challenges. I hid inside tiny spaces ...

The art of contortion creates nearly impossible feats with the human body where toes wiggle next to ears and backs become like bendy straws, but contortionists like Jared Rydelek (pictured here) say ...

Until recently, contortion was consigned to the eccentric world of circus acts and freak-shows. But now yoga enthusiasts are looking for the next challenge in extreme flexibility - and high-profile ...

As one woman in glittering Lycra gently bends her legs backwards over her head, another balances on top, slowly twisting her own limbs into a human pretzel. They move as one – a fantastical insect ...

I teamed up with extreme ballerina Ashley Montague to see what happens when contortion and ballet collide. She taught me to ...

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 ...

When Oliver Herzfeld did his first training session in a Manhattan athletic studio with contortion instructor Jonathan Nosan in 2016, it didn’t go quietly. “Jonathan pushed me through a lot of scary ...

The most contortion arm passes while balancing a football (soccer ball) on the head in 30 seconds is 16 and was achieved by Chukwuebuka Ezugha (Nigeria) in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, on 11 ...