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.

Sofie Dossi, the professional contortionist, teaches random strangers how to bend in half and become flexible! Watch how many people were down to bend with Sofie! Amid plea to build bridges at papal ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. When she's not in school, 14-year-old Emma Battsooj, of Mongolia, performs as a professional ...

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 ...

We first met Saffi Watson when she was an 8-year-old contortionist performing at Seattle's Moore Theatre and now she's all grown up. Not much has changed, she's still twisting and flexing in ...