The art of contortion creates nearly impossible feats with the human body where toes wiggle next to ears and backs become like bendy straws, but contortionists like Jared Rydelek (pictured here) say ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Britt Hertz attempts painful and seemingly impossible contortion poses alongside elite flexibility experts pushing human movement to the extreme.

One Direction and Cheryl Cole might have calendars flying off the shelves but they're no match for the 'flex appeal' of this 2014 offering. Zlata, the Russian-born contortionist, has broken numerous ...

Yousef al-Bahtini shows off his acrobatic skills as he contorts his body in Gaza City (AFP) Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: As 12-year-old Palestinian Yousef al-Bahtini distorts his body into ...

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 ...

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 ...