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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Like cats, toddlers are naturally curious — and they love playing in tight spaces. Rumer Willis’s daughter Louetta “Lou” Isley, who turns 2 next month, combined both of these passions for the cutest ...

It’s tempting to say that Otgo Waller’s life has taken some bizarre twists. But that’d be too easy. So let’s offer, instead, that Waller always has been flexible about dealing with curves that life ...

Many people would bend over backwards to avoid performing stunts in front of an audience. But Ariana Ferber-Carter — a professional contortionist and circus coach — is far more flexible, and her ...

Balancing on the palms of his hands, Odgerel Gombo folds his spine and bends his knees so that his toes rest comfortably on his shoulders. The contortionist from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, traveled and ...

It may not look normal -- the front of your foot resting on the back of your head while doing a handstand -- but contortionist Samantha Halas insists it's one heck of a workout. *Special offer only ...

Adventurous Calgarians are limbering up for some pretty unusual training this weekend. They’re preparing to get bent way out of shape at a coaching session with veteran contortionist Samantha Halas.

A TEEN bends over backwards to do her schoolwork while honing her skills as a contortionist. Super-flexible Roxy Kobyliukh, 13, regularly arches her body completely so her feet flip past her head from ...