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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An amazing teenager dubbed the ‘World’s Most Flexible Girl’ has set a new record for a mind-blowing contortion. Liberty Barros, 14 ...

There are some performances that are difficult to watch and also difficult to look away from — and Ukrainian contortionist Oleksandr Yenivatov has seemingly mastered that tough line to walk. The ...

Many people believe that extreme flexibility and contortion skills are limited to the young. Anna McNulty’s remarkable journey challenges this notion, showing that talent knows no age. Born in 2002 in ...

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 ...

At the age of four Zlata discovered she had an amazing talent - and she has been bending over backwards ever since to make the most of it. The Russian-born former gymnast, 24, is one of the world's ...