- Sometimes for a little extra stretch,
you can put your foot up on a chair and go
a little lower. (laughs) - I'll try to do that.
No.
(laughs)
(gentle music)
- There's somebody in there, I just know it.
Is anybody in there?
(gasps and yelps)
(man laughs)
- What the heck?
This is cool.
- [Taziana] This is not cool.
- Hi. (laughs)
- What's your name?
- I'm Elizabeth.
What are your names?
- My name's Talia. - My name's Taziana.
- Nice to meet you.
I'm a contortionist.
I'm gonna do a couple of tricks. (laughs)
- That's incredible.
- I do gymnastics.
I can try.
(Talia groans)
- Nice.
- How did you become an (laughs).
- Contortionist.
- Contortionist. - Yeah.
- I can't say it 'cause I have no teeth.
(laughs)
- I started at 11.
I've been training for about 10 years.
- My sister taught me how to do gymnastics
when I was four, but I started when I was seven.
- Very cool, and do you like it?
- Yeah, and I wanna go to the Olympics.
- Whoo, yes!
- Is contortion in Olympics?
- No, it's not.
It's more of an artistic thing.
It's usually in shows.
You have a number, sort of like dance,
and there are stationary shows where you would
go and live and do a show every night,
and then there are also touring productions.
And what about you?
Do you do any dance or gymnastics?
- My sister teach me how to do the splits,
touch your head, and do a cartwheel.
- Do you like it when your sister trains you?
- Sometimes she gives up because
she thinks I'm doing it wrong.
- No, no, no tell the truth.
- Yes, yes, yes, yes.
- What's your favorite part of performing?
- Right at the very beginning of the number
and the music starts, and you just feel totally confident
in how much you've been practicing.
That's the best part.
- What's your favorite skill?
- I really like sitting on my head. (laughs)
- I'm still practicing that.
- Yeah, are you close?
- Yeah, I'm really close? - Whoo!
- I've got a question. - Yeah?
- Can you do the splits? - I can do the splits.
- Can I see? - Yes.
- Can I do it, too? - Yeah.
- She can go all the way to the ground but I can't.
- Nice.
- I can do a handstand.
You wanna see?
(laughs)
- Touching your head.
(laughs)
- Did you ever fall and mess up on stage?
- Yeah, actually. (laughs)
There was one night as I pressed into my handstand,
a spider about this big crawled into my foot,
and it's really hard to balance
when you've got some kind of crazy insect
just sitting on your leg. (laughs)
And I fell on the ground.
- Were you scared? - Oh yeah. (laughs)
Terrified.
- Do you pick your nose when you're done?
- (laughs) I don't usually, no, but I could.
- Does a contortionist make a lot of money?
- If you're really good, you can make a lot of money, yeah.
- I'm glad that I'm going to the Olympics,
'cause once they see me there,
I'll be on magazines and stuff and I'll be getting rich.
(laughs)
What kind of advice do you have for me?
- Just that if you really want it,
you can't be afraid of hard work,
even on the days you don't wanna do it. (laughs)
But just keep working at it, 'cause it will happen.
- Okay.
- Do you wanna try and fit inside the suitcase?
- Yes. - I can try.
- I'm gonna get inside the suitcase!
- (laughs) Suitcase!
- And don't zip it.
I will be mad at you, Talia.
(laughs)
- [Elizabeth] Do you like it in there?
- [Taziana] Yeah, it's comfortable.
- [Taziana] No!
(all laughing)
Hello.
Thank you, Elizabeth!
- Nice meeting you.
- [Woman] Whoo, good job!
All right, that's a cut.