In this challenge, 100 years of contortion techniques are explored.

This year marks 250 years since the start of modern circus. It was in 1768 that Philip Astley began his circus entertainment in Waterloo in London. To celebrate, here's the latest in our new series of ...

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 ...

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To East Berlin last week went the intellectual acrobats and performing seals of Communism’s traveling peace circus. Two hundred strong, they staged their third meeting of the World Peace Council ...