Cirque du Soleil Kooza Contortionists

[AppleDapple13]

I wonder if there's such a thing as a fat contortionist...

[musicgirl1026]

This is my favorite contortion act ever! Its just way more fast paced and exciting then most contortion acts which are usually slow. Plus these girls are so young!

[kara719]

i love this song but on spotify it sounds different! i mean i know during the show music is live but it doesn't sound like it at all!

[megaboygagaify]

mi prima en la mas pequeña

[AndreezaS1]

Very Good !

[thegirlygirl233]

they make it look so easy!

[myawainwright]

A contortionist is a gymnast

[editha2002]

a contoshionst is a person or team that is very flexible

[Euphoriacity]

What are contortionists? Some kind of super human specie?

[AishaBellyOficial]

vale la pena pagar tan caro para ver algo de calidad! =)

[xBAAAAAMx]

Cirque du Soleil is just beautiful. The Contortionists are just mesmerizing.

[pamelakalili]

gosto dessa parte do espetaculo ....

[alittle2strange]

they arre so beautiful. most of what they did seemed so p[ainful. i wish i could do that

[HipHopDivas101]

where can I download this song from?

[HornyJoeBaloney]

Happy New Year, circus freaks!!

[MissPumpkinJuice]

Looks like they forgot their bones somewhere...

[gutymaky]

What is the name of song?

Como se llama la cancion y como la puedo buscar para descargarla por ares???

[ShutTheFuckUpPrick]

@gutymaky Kooza Junoon!

[nfhfhgfhg]

@gutymaky junoon pero la version del cd no es como la misma letra ;)

[leopardgecko4life1]

i can do the tricks at 0:36 (the girl at the botton)

1:05 (girl doing the slated bridg thing) just not for verry long and i have been traning for 3 years

[bigEluv10]

Omg! That is so amazing!! The don't even look like they have spines or any bones in their body!! It's so awesome!!

[SexySofiaAnn1]

Holly crap they look like they're not even 14!!! This is amazing!

[elon910]

I love Cirque du Soleil. I'm trying to get my wife into it but she doesn't give a damn. She'd rather watch Disney on Ice. Bleh.

[OfWebsAndChocolates]

@elon910 Pity.

Cirque du Soliel is amazing-- When I went to Disney World with my choir, I spent all of the time we had at Downtown Disney attending the Cirque du Soliel show.

And everyone thought I was crazy..

[gwynneio]

Not only do they have to be flexable, that is insane strength!

[hulahoopandperform]

It's not just the fact they're like super flexible its crazy how fast they move along with a spinning plat form like wtf!? They are the 2nd best contortionists I have ever seen.

[sharebear3117]

@hulahoopandperform who are the first?

[hulahoopandperform]

@sharebear3117 Irina Kazakova is the best contortionist that I have seen so far she's Russian and just does insane things

[musicalfreak1212]

And if that wasn't amazing enough, their freaking platform is spinning.

[jailice1979]

demais...magnifico!

[Florz09]

Name of the song...???

plzz answer mee!!

[neoncolorslover]

@Florz09 the name of the song is junoon it says right in the beginning lol

[LeChatters]

Try to do this while working on homework... impossible! They are so amazing! I wish I could do half the stuff they do!

[1paperbagprinsessess]

Omg it made my back hurt just looking at it!!! Very good!

[omgxjessicuh]

could you imagina having sex with one of them?

sweet baby jesus.

[colonelmustard1011]

feel srry 4 the girl at the bottem

[cirquedusolelipanda]

This song and act... ARE AMAZING:)

[DrusillaRiddle]

OMG THT WAS JUST WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[halo4ization]

OMG!!!!!!!!!

[verypathetic]

can you imagine if one of them farted during this performance? all hell would break loose.

[cando781]

i watched them on tv last night in mexico my mom freaked right now

[snakeahz08]

Total AMAZING.....AWESOME...!!! Girls total bestest contortionists i ever c!

[Alpha1Spyder]

kingdom hearts nobodiies? theyre REAL?!?!?

[boboeysak]

i love cirque du soleil

[MsSoarta]

OMG!!!!! unbeleivable!!!

[marshie091]

4:55 to 5:09 - a whole new level of breakdancing.

these girls are amazing!

[Mannypacquia0]

holy shit, id snap all my shit up if i tryed any of this lol goddamn. amazing! like human snakes. if you were to hire a group of people to go through lazers to obtain a secret artifact. hire these girls! lol

[raras889]

BEST. CONTORTION ACT. EVER!

[RogueMfa]

contortionists have always been so amazing..

[Iamawsomelike]

and I thought I was flexible..O_O

[lebongjames1000]

wtf is this...

[1000danceforever]

I just LOVE cirque. I take acrobatics and now I want to be in Cirque De Soliel! These girls are awesome!!!

[Skriios]

i bet you they could rob a bank in there sleep without tripping alarms!

[amad132]

Amazing just love it even the back groung music is very great any one can plz tel me about this song or music

[alladinmoua]

@amad132

The song is called "Junoon". It's on the Kooza soundtrack.

[Minecraftlady]

thankyou for all the support i am the one at 2:o5 ive been reading dome amazing comments

[IUseThisSite]

I love how fluent there movements are! It's amazing. :D

[koolbakc]

04:53 exorsista!!!

[Avioke]

I love this contortion performance most out of all Cirque du Soleil contortions I've seen. It's not like the showing-off, move and pose thing that always happens (from what I've seen, granted). There's absolutely nothing wrong with that, it takes amazing talent that I will never have. But this one... it moves. This performance is a dance, not a just a show. I think that's why I keep looking this up.

And it's probably why I cry whenever I see it too.

[banjorocks1000]

unbelievable!!!!!!!!

[loveablelittlegymrat]

Agh. Curse my spinal vertabrae!!!!

[starofthebunch1]

diet starts tomorrow

[1012Jackson]

not only do i like watching contortionists. i also want to BE one (and besides, i wanna know what that feels like). i really need to stretch some more. i'll start with my back, then my right split and straddle split. i already got my left split.

[noxxoi]

This is great! They're wonderful!! 

[xxJodelleFerlandxx]

3:15 that is just frightening.... poor girl is going to have major back problems later in life.

[amongsttrees]

@xxJodelleFerlandxx Not actually :) contortionists tend not to get too many back problems. The stretching and spacing between the vertebae, along with the the continual motion and use, keeps a lot of the problematic acids and crystals in the spine away. Not to mention, flexibility and range of motion are tests doctors regularly use to guage muscle and tendon suppleness.

I'm with SamteR, it's stretching time :P

[xxJodelleFerlandxx]

@amongsttrees I'm a rhythmic gymnast, and rhythmic gymnastics requires lots of stretching and flexibility, and I know a few people - one of them who was on the junior national team last year - who had to quit because of back problems. Then there's Jana Berezko or Germany, who missed the world cup because of back problems. So if RG causes back problems, so does contortion. They may not feel it now, but they will when they're fifty.

[amongsttrees]

@xxJodelleFerlandxx Ohh certainly, I don't doubt that its possible. They are people too, even as spectacularly non-human this display is. But yoga is not terribly different, and that is one of the healthiest practices around. Maybe it's competition that forces flexibility too far too fast. Contortion is an exercise, and should be undertaken with the same care. And if you don't maintain that flexibility, or ease off it, that may have consequences too.

Thank you for replying, btw :)

[chocolatefan1711]

@xxJodelleFerlandxx Jana Berezko- Marggrander has an back INJURY and injuries can happen on every part of the body and in every sport. Some soccer players may injure their feet because they need them a lot and in RG you need your back a lot so there's a higher risk of hurting you back.

[xxJodelleFerlandxx]

@chocolatefan1711 My point was that back problems/injuries can be caused by contortion, and I was using RG as an example. Yes, Jana has a back injury. Yana Lukonina is retiring because of ongoing injuries and problems (she has used both words) with her back. Please read the entire conversation before you go freaking out at me.

[chocolatefan1711]

@xxJodelleFerlandxx If you think I freaked out you got me wrong. Of course I know that contortion can cause injuries and problems. I just wanted to say that there's no certainty that you get back problems later on. I think that there are many people who are just naturally very flexible. ;)

[xxJodelleFerlandxx]

@chocolatefan1711 There have been a number of studies done on this. Muscle, joint, and back problems of gymnasts and contortionists (and any athlete) later in life are similar to those experienced by sufferers of post-polio syndrome. And that's if they're lucky. Anyway, I'm done arguing about it.

[crazykidthe1st]

5 people did this without professional training

[Jenivi224]

Contortionist have always kinda creeped me out but that was soooo awesome!

[123cool789]

did any one else find them selves trying to bend back that far while watching this

[jerricette]

This is incredible!

[LovelyAmanri]

Wow!! It was amazing!! The girls are so beautiful, flexible and graceful!! But a bit scaring...

Yes, they were unreally fascinating and synchronous.

[nycroland1]

this was one of the most amazing contortion acts i've ever seen; did u see the freaky ending? like some shit outta a horror film...she spider walked like nothing ever witnessed on this side of norm.

[SacredDestruction]

4:55 I saw a little girl do that, but a teenager? She's made out of cartilage! xD

Amazing performance. It's mesmerizing.

[cirquedusoleil4531]

at 6:17 i would ove been like WERE THE FUCK is the TABLE

[StormStanley]

at 2:58 ... OMG the girl in the middle folds herself clear in half.

[magicblackwolf32]

I've been a dancer for 13 years and I thought I was flexible!!

These girls are so amazing!

[kaori409]

i wish i could that

[cirquedusolielfan]

I want to learn how to do this!

[vulturedoors]

My spine hurts just watching these girls.

[MiztahRogueChemist]

I've always been so fascinated by these acrobats, i'm a former bodybuilder and I know what strength and condition is. And I tell you, these acrobats are the strongest ppl in the world! Alot of people can bench 300lbs 15 reps, but can you do an one armed pullup?

[lewko1]

Dat ass. Or was that her head?

[JPizzle44o]

Wow amazing.

[spidermonkey287]

that last part is freaky

[spidermonkey287]

im at a loss for words people

[ladyjessica0529]

04:03-05:08

[cirquedusoleil4531]

my back hurtsm from waching im auctchualy in pain right now

[mgmgrezende]

arrasaram

[orneelasticgirl]

PASADA TOTAL!

[TheTaytayJJ]

i loved this show. i got to see it the last time it was in town and i fell in love. this makes you want to run away and join the circus!! XD

[fchaclan02]

that is my cousin



[UnicornMakeup]

I started to learn myself all of this. I was doing pretty well, 'till I woke up with this heavy pain in my back. I had to stop with contortion. ;(

[Ashley112ist]

....I can barely do a sumer sault

[HainesSam]

how old are they?

[TheTaytayJJ]

@HainesSam the little one is 10 and the other two are 13 and 15

[monkeytude]

@HainesSam they are, 11, 15, and 17(:

[cirquedusoleil4531]

4 people tried this untill they relised their were three

[2138red]

now thats some advanced serious yoga!!

[rezasemani]

i know the name of this song and i know its in kooza album but the junoon thats in album was not this edition i want this song.... some one help me find the name of this version plz

[alladinmoua]

@rezasemani

The only way you can get this version of Junoon is to rip the audio from the video. Almost all of the songs are performed by a live band and the musicians must pay attention to the performers to make sure that the music is in synch with the people on stage. The live songs won't always sound exactly like their CD versions because if anything unusual happens, (a song rewrite or if an act goes on too long or too short) they must be ready to change the music to adapt to the situation.

[nathanthebomb17]

Ewww! IN A GOOD WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pinkpurpleredcolors]

just tried to do that... MY SPINE!!!!

[VintageConversation]

What amazes me most is they're so young Natasha's only 11 JUlie is 14 I think and Dasha's 17

[MyAngelicalDemon]

Where can i find this version of the song?

[johnathanlrussell1]

@MyAngelicalDemon It's on iTunes. The album Kooza, and the song is Junoon. 

[Yelaih66]

I loved being a contortionist. I'll miss it so much. I have ADHD so when I was little I never really sat around and even watching TV I'd sit there and bend and flip and all. Then I got into performing. What allows me to move like this is that I was born with very loose joints and it helped with my flexibility. Loose joints can also be a very bad thing as well, so I had to stop after five and a half years for the safety of my health. But it was so much fun!

[MyAngelicalDemon]

@contortionlvr Whats the song called? I search for junoon but i found a lot of music

-.- If you could answer me i would be thankfull

[aimi360]

I wanna do that. :)

[AcroSurviver]

re - la - mi - sol - fa - sol - la - re - do

[Hotwok191]

A marvellous contortion act that is also a thing of great beauty. I suspect there isn't a circus in the world that wouldn't like to hire these three young on the spot!. ladies

[FrivolousKnowledge]

You know, I tried stretching, but I think I need a teacher. The internet is not very helpful.

[Ninetails406]

Me encanta!(L) es super bonito!i tambien me gusta la musica!

[KinoYoga]

They are truly amazing! When I saw this show in Miami I was deeply inspired by the strength and grace.

[imatwiheart365247]

I had the same reaction as the audience @ 4:56.

[100deidara001]

is there anywhere i can download this song?

[vanman1208]

wooowww... AMAZING!!!!!!! do they have human bone? or snake bone?? hmmmm.. will find out soon... we will watch it soon here in Manila... so excited to watch them LIVE....

[eeecccwww1]

I love the part 3:24 is so fantastic and espectacular ablo español en verdad e_e

[CheakieYawdie89]

What are they? Nationality?

[jumpygymnast827]

@CheakieYawdie89 I got this from a website but i`m not sure if it`s quite correct but:

Dasha (17) - Russia and American

Julie (15) - French and American

Natasha (11) - French and American

[MegaStarlight101]

there good but wat do they do wen they r on their period??

[100deidara001]

@MegaStarlight101 thats a weird question, i dont know if you're a boy or a girl, but unless you have bad cramps, it doesn't really effect you....just wear a pad... :P

[MegaStarlight101]

@100deidara001 Im a girl and 15 I've been to gymnastics, wen i get my period my legz hurt so... wat about u?

[100deidara001]

@MegaStarlight101 yeah i do gym too, but nothing really hurts that bad, i guess it depends on the person

[MegaStarlight101]

@100deidara001 yeah ur probably right

[izzih1234]

Does anyone know why they quit Kooza?

[hassanmaqsood]

this is insanneeeeee... gotta hand it to cirque de soleil ! true art

[EuropeanGuy87]

Amazing, and they are just teens.. one is 14 and the others 16 and 17... imagine the hard work they have to do while they are still in school

[eeecccwww1]

@EuropeanGuy87 in this video one is 11 and the others 15 and 17

[eeecccwww1]

@EuropeanGuy87 in this video Natasha 11 Julie 15 and Dasha 17.

[MegaStarlight101]

@eeecccwww1 how do u know them??

[nombredeusuarionombr]

LO VI 50 MIL VECES Y LO VOY A VER MIL VECES MÁS, ES ESPECTACULAR

[KerryEustace]

pause at 2:58 ... amazing!!

[01tamika]

awesome vid

[DryBONESreborn]

Are there any male contortionist?

[RandomTwiggi]

@DryBONESreborn Yes, there are quite a bit of them.

[9987ifY]

@DryBONESreborn Yes.

[MrLhexii]

such a amazing act bravo !!!!!!!!!!!

[XxSamteRxX]

Excuse me while I go stretch non stop for the next 3and a 1/2 months

[Jugbug992]

@XxSamteRxX Make that years... :P

[xxJodelleFerlandxx]

@XxSamteRxX And get back surgery to somehow double-joint your back XD

[MeMyselfAndI1124]

This is absolutely awesome and this show (Kooza) is the best on so many levels!!!:)

[rayjay365]

Well that looks uncomfortable on many levels:P but seriously and epically amazing!

[dexterchubby]

F

U

N

[MrThablack]

4:57 its creepy



[lilkiddykoko]

Natasha is soo short compared to Dasha and Julie, she's 4'8 and 11, i;m 4'8 and 13, man I feel short

[jxnellajra]

brb while i stretch like crazy. DUDE, THAT'S SO COOOOOOL .__.

[sammy107241]

Uhhh, I cant even do a cartwheel ;_;

[CountessKitty18]

@sammy107241 oh god, that made me laugh.

i can't either ;~;

[mariiahbarbarah]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!

[kymeadows]

Can you believe they are only 11 15 & 17 and have been performing with Cirque Du Soliel for 5 years?

[ailashes]

My GOD they are fantastic.

[KikiandSteve]

This Is beautiful

[MorningGoddess]

strange, but beautiful. <3

[1234THELIES]

I can't belive that they retired

they are my hero

[chocolatefan1711]

@1234THELIES How do you know that??

And when and why did they retire??

That's so sad they were amazing!!

[1234THELIES]

@chocolatefan1711 They retired in janaury 9

[chocolatefan1711]

THIS is contortion!!! <333

Not some half- naked woman doing some splits and having these "seductive" expressions all over her face!!

[exprominin]

absolutely amazing

[DouglasMiles1]

One of the little known facts about Cirque du Soleil is that the performers develop their own acts and pitch their creations to the producers to get them added into the show. That way, you get the best they can give for each show.

[themysteriouszane]

I love the part that starts at 4:54

[strong1235]

Imagine a night with three women like this! It would probably kill you , but it would take the undertakers three days working with crowbars to get the big grin off your face!

[munk4sale]

@strong1235 that hilarious. LMAO

[raynecottage]

it suck like shit

[surferluver]

WHAT THE SHIT

[yulithaxycarithoop]

what is band 

[hannahkoenig]

they remind me of lesbians.

[CrosslerChoirNerd]

Part of me is like "Wow...that's amzing! And gorgeous!" and part of me is like "....ummm, excuse me ma'am, but your bones and organs seem to be missing."

[Geckomayhem]

Human bodies shouldn't be able to bend like that. Let's just hope these girls don't end up with joint problems when they are older. :/

[FreddyKaayyy]

@Geckomayhem Actually, contortionists are much more healthy and have stronger joints and bones than the average person because of their immense flexibility and because they are constantly active. I thought the same thing as you when I first watched a contortion act though, I was like "they're gonna fall apart one day"

[Rosecat16]

The smallest one, Natasha, is 11, the one who can go around her head with her legs, Dasha, is 15, and the last one, Julie, is 17. They say they have to be young because when they start to get older their bodies can't move like that anymore..haha I believe them!! Idk, i think that bodies should stay in the splitz-is-flexible area!