Britt Hertz attempts painful and nearly impossible contortion stretches that challenge the limits of flexibility and endurance.

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 ...

She’s been dubbed the world’s bendiest woman and, as these extraordinary pictures show, contortionist Julia Guenthel is nothing if not supple. The blonde bombshell, who performs under the stage name ...

Watching a ballet dancer or circus acrobat perform, who hasn't winced at the thought of trying to replicate the impossible flexibility on display? Emilie Mackie '07, a neuroscience major, wondered ...

Austrian performance artist Stefanie Millinger followed the flight crew’s instruction to fasten her seat belt, but this couldn’t have been what they had in mind. The master contortionist had no ...