Anthony Rais made his first marionette as a child by taking apart a doll and jointing it with eye screws and string. He practiced with it in secret until he was confident in his abilities, and then he ...

Contortionist Aleksei Goloborodko in Cirque du Soleil’s “Luzia.” Matt Beard Photography Courtesy Fantastical beasts, Mexican superheroes, scuba-diving clowns, rain-drenched acrobats. Cirque du ...

Aerial contortionist Asa Kubiak likes to say that her life is a series of magical mystery tours. Having honed her craft with the Cirque du Soleil, Kubiak, 24, is now a Japan-based freelance performer.

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 ...

Combining breathtaking acrobatics, comedy, contortion, and aerial stunts with modern renditions of Christmas classics, A Magical Cirque Christmas offers a festive night out for audiences of all ...

A show combining magic, contortion and escape artistry is coming Jan. 26 to the Fairfield Center for Creative Arts. Target and Fairfield”s Arts and Community Events are presenting “An Evening of ...

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 ...

For some, a contortionist is nothing more than a freak-show act, doing something unnatural, not a thing of grace or beauty. But in Mongolia, flexing and bending the body into seemingly impossible ...

“We shall travel to realms of magical impossibility, witnessing feats of gymnastic contortion, plumbing the depths of the human mind, defying danger and finally exploring the mysteries of Ancient ...