Britt Hertz performs a variety of difficult contortion poses based on a series of random letter selections.

Watching a ballet dancer or circus acrobat perform, who hasn't winced at the thought of trying to replicate the impossible flexibility on display? One Dartmouth student, a neuroscience major, wondered ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Russian contortionist Zlata poses at the start of the international contortionists conference in Bergisch ...

Britt Hertz and her friends attempt difficult contortion poses while dealing with extreme heat and cold.

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 ...

Body artist Emma Fay painted contortionist Lowri Thomas to look like a tarantula At first glance this image of a tarantula is realistic enough to scare an arachnophobe. But a closer looks reveals it ...

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 ...

In a clime where not all talents are embraced, and ‘different’ is viewed as being ‘abnormal’, two Nigerian sisters, Diva, 11, and Posh, 9, and contortionists, have embarked on a mission to change the ...

America's Got Talent's judges and viewers at home alike were left gobsmacked when a creepy contortionist group took to the stage. The professional group of contortionists, known as the Atai Show, hit ...

At first glance this image of a tarantula is realistic enough to scare an arachnophobe. But a closer looks reveals it is actually a woman, painted to look like a spider by concept body artist Emma Fay ...