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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you’ve ever seen a Cirque du Soleil show, you’ll know the performances are always filled with death-defying stunts and feats of great strength that will often have audiences gasping in both fear ...

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 ...

Delkhii - A Celebration of Contortion Art Reconnect to the wonders of our Earth through Mongolian contortion art! Discover and reconnect to the wonders of our Earth through Mongolian contortion art.

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 ...

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 ...

STAMFORD -- A five-girl Mongolian contortionist group twisted and bent their bodies on a tight, circular stage, giving a cheering lunchtime audience at Columbus Park a sneak peak into the Big Apple ...

When the monstrous whale Moby Dick engulfs the stage in Lookingglass Theatre’s thrilling staging of Herman Melville’s seafaring classic, Skokie’s Javen Ulambayer is swallowed into the belly of the ...

OCALA - Two local performers who aspire to teach others their art will twist the imaginations of Broadway audiences beginning June 16. Since 2002, sisters Erdenesuvd, 26, and Buyankhishig Ganbaatar, ...