Young contortionists practice at a training school in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, July 4, 2016. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas (Reuters) By Natalie Thomas ULAANBAATAR (Reuters) - Nine-year-old Mongolian schoolgirl ...

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 ...

Contortionists and acrobats with celestial skills train in squalid conditions as the promise of a former sumo wrestler to restore the national circus to its past glory has gone mostly unfulfilled.

Reconnect to the wonders of our Earth through Mongolian contortion art! Discover and reconnect to the wonders of our Earth through Mongolian contortion art. Circus Center and the Mongolian Contortion ...

Things get out of hand when a rumor spreads in “The Children’s Hour.” Lillian Hellman’s play tells the story of two longtime friends who run a boarding school for girls, and what happens after a ...

On April 19, 2026, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, @diarrassouba5870 shared a video of a stage contortion performance during a live show. In the video, a performer begins in a deep squat position while ...

Balancing on the palms of his hands, Odgerel Gombo folds his spine and bends his knees so that his toes rest comfortably on his shoulders. The contortionist from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, traveled and ...

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 ...

ULAANBAATAR (Reuters) - Nine-year-old Mongolian schoolgirl Suvd-Erdene spends four hours a day perfecting the art of doing a head-stand on a pole clenched with her teeth and push-ups without her feet ...