Ricardo Sosa, a native of Cuba, has been a contortionist for most of his life. At 52 years old, he is world renowned in his profession, but even with his fame, he has kept the humility of a graceful ...

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 ...

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 ...

The circus is in her blood. Baata is a third-generation performer and began training in contortion and hand-balancing when she was 7 years old. She was inspired by seeing the contortionists in her ...

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.