Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A remarkable contortionist family has amazed viewers after showcasing their extreme flexibility skills together in a unique family ...

Many people would bend over backwards to avoid performing stunts in front of an audience. But Ariana Ferber-Carter — a professional contortionist and circus coach — is far more flexible, and her ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) --You don't have to run away and join the circus to get your chance to hang from ribbons and jump through hoops. More and more places are now offering circus training as the ...

If you’re looking for a fun and unique way to workout, you might want to run away and join the circus — the Fort Collins Circus Center, that is. “The circus community in Fort Collins has been kicking ...

The popularity of circus arts is increasing around the world, however knowledge about injuries and illness in performers is lacking. Circus arts take many forms, including professional companies, ...

On any given day between online school classes, Anna Buchmeier might be found walking on her hands around her house. Emma Clarke is choreographing routines on a circus lyra ring set up in her side ...