When Tsatsral Erdenebileg starts bending and twisting, you can't help but watch in awe. She makes it look like child's play, but trust us... Becoming a pro contortionist is anything but easy.
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00:00 [Music]
00:06 When I'm on stage, I try to display and express my show perfectly.
00:10 [Music]
00:30 Hello, my name is Tatjala Ertenbeleg. I'm from Mongolia.
00:35 I've been working as a contortionist for 27 years.
00:40 I currently work at 6th Sunet. I'm 31 years old.
00:46 [Music]
00:51 The very first person who found my talent was my beloved father when I was only 4 years old.
01:01 I have loved contortion since I was a kid.
01:09 At the beginning, I was scared and very nervous. I felt a lot of pain.
01:17 The time my coach called me down.
01:21 [Music]
01:32 Contortion is a form of Mongolian traditional art created to display the beauty of human body.
01:42 [Music]
01:47 Some of the challenges are being on a diet regularly,
01:52 permanent training like an Olympic athlete,
01:56 three or four hours a day, and sometimes I get injured from that.
02:03 [Sigh]
02:06 About the emotional challenge, I was away from my home since my childhood.
02:15 [Music]
02:17 From my long experience with my career, people think that we do such easy job,
02:24 like we go on stage, perform three to four shows and earn money.
02:30 But in fact, this activity requires much patience, time, and physical labor with combined sport and art altogether.
02:40 [Music]
02:56 To be good at this sport, to maintain my strength and keep my body in shape,
03:02 I need to eat nutritious food and take my training every day non-stop.
03:10 [Music]
03:15 Contortion has helped me to become a patient person,
03:20 to have an ability to communicate and work with many people
03:25 and the most important thing is I found myself.
03:30 [Music]
03:34 If someone wants to do contortion, do it yourself,
03:38 and furthermore need to tolerate their pain and their emotional challenges.
03:45 [Music]
03:51 Success comes to those who work hard and never give up.
03:58 [Music]
03:59 Perfect.
04:01 Ta-da! Good job.
04:03 [Music]