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 ...

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 ...

Posted: March 7, 2025 | Last updated: July 10, 2025 I share my favorite stretches that I use before I perform.

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.

Nine-year-old Mongolian schoolgirl Suvd-Erdene spends four hours a day perfecting the art of doing a headstand on a pole clenched with her teeth and push-ups without her feet touching the ground. She ...

Britt Hertz takes on a contortionist’s impossible stretch challenge, applying her gymnast expertise to new, extreme flexibility feats. Julian McMahon, ‘Fantastic Four,' ‘Nip/Tuck' and ‘FBI: Most ...

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 ...