Contortion classes are pretty easy to find in the Bay Area; most are affiliated with a circus or acrobatic organization like AcroSports or Trapeze Arts.

At age 18, I was accepted into the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) to study contortion handstands. I honestly never had any desire to touch a trapeze, I was strictly ground-based and stubborn ...

If you see someone riding a 7-foot-tall unicycle over one of Portland’s bridges with a contortionist clown in tow, you may have stumbled across a Grim Theatre performance. Harlequin and Achillea ...

Hannah Lam always knew she wanted to travel with the circus, something she started doing as a child. Her parents were traveling circus performers who trained exotic animals such as tigers. At age 1… ...