Rema Raman is a 50-year-old medical researcher with an office job, but she’s flexible enough to do the splits. At age 43, Anna Kataoka was inactive because of an injury. Now, at 48, she does ...

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.

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 ...

Fort Lauderdale artist Erin Barylski paints without a brush. Instead, she covers herself in paint and performs splits, contortions and yoga poses atop a large canvas. She calls what she does “Splits ...

Many people believe that extreme flexibility and contortion skills are limited to the young. Anna McNulty’s remarkable journey challenges this notion, showing that talent knows no age. Born in 2002 in ...