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On today's Art of Movement, we meet the limber ladies of Cirque du Soleil's contortionist crew.
在今天《動的藝術》節目裡，我們見到太陽劇團柔體特技團隊裡那些柔若無骨的女郎。

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Now they are currently on stage in Las Vegas as part of the legendary stage show called O.
現在，她們正在拉斯維加斯演出傳奇舞台秀《O》。

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and Nick Glass finds out how they can push their bodies to such extremes
尼克．葛拉斯探究她們如何能夠將自己的身體推展到這樣的極限，

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and why the art form is just so popular in Mongolia.
以及為什麼這種藝術型態在蒙古會這麼受歡迎。

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The gamblers won't know it, but here come the girls -- the contortionist girls -- sweeping through the casino.
賭客都不曉得，但這些穿越賭場的女子就是柔體特技女郎。

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These are the stars of an aquatic Cirque du Soleil show called O, which has been running in Vegas for almost 15 years.
她們是太陽劇團的水秀《O》中的主角，這個秀在拉斯維加斯已經演出將近十五年了。

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Twice a night, five nights a week, they do their contortion act, and they take our breath away.
每晚兩場、一週五晚，她們表演的柔體特技令人嘆為觀止。

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I remember having a hard time always watching them but being fascinated, and I couldn't stop watching them.
我記得自己總是難以看著她們而不為之著迷，我無法移開視線。

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It's so fluid and so... almost magical the way they can move their bodies.
她們的動作非常流暢，非常……近乎魔法一般。

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I think it's breathtaking. I still watch it, and I go, like, wow.
我覺得實在是令人屏息。我現在看到還是會驚嘆。

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There are about 20 contortionists working in Las Vegas, almost all of them women, and almost all of them from Mongolia.
拉斯維加斯約有二十名柔體特技舞者從事演出，幾乎全都是女性，而且幾乎都來自蒙古。

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All the girls tell almost exactly the same story. They were entranced by the art at a very young age.
這些女子訴說的經歷全都相同，她們都在小小年紀就深深著迷於這種技藝。

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I have one hand.
我用一隻手撐著。

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Do you remember the first time you knew about contortionism?
你還記得你第一次知道柔體特技的情形嗎？

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Yeah. I think [thought] it was beautiful. I was seven years old.
記得。我當時覺得好美哦。我那時候七歲。

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One day, I was watching TV and there's a girl [that] was doing contortion.
有一天，我看電視的時候看到一個女孩表演柔體特技。

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I was in love first time I saw that. And I was like, "Mom, I can do this too!" Like, since then, I was, like, trying to be a contortionist.
我一看到就愛上了那種技藝，然後我說：「媽，這個我也會！」自此之後，我就一直想要成為柔體特技舞者。

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I thought everybody can do this, so I showed it to my mom, and my mom was shocked that I can do that.
我以為每個人都做得到，所以就做給我媽媽看，結果我媽媽看我能夠做到那樣的動作驚訝得不得了。

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It was hard, but, you know, I really liked it.
很辛苦，可是我真的很喜歡。

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When I saw the girls doing [it], I really wanted to do [it] like them.
我一看到那些女孩兒表演這種技藝，就一心想要像她們一樣。

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So, we trained, like, two hours a day [the] first couple of years, and six days a week.
所以，我們在最初幾年都每週訓練六天，每天練兩個小時。

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How old were you then?
你當時幾歲？

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I was five.
五歲。

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But, how could you be so dedicated so young?
可是你怎麼能夠在那麼小的年紀就那麼投入？

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Because I really liked it. You know?
因為我非常喜歡這種技藝，你瞭解嗎？

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Who cannot love contortion? It's beautiful.
誰能不愛柔體特技呢？很美呢。

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The art form dates back to the 16th century and is rooted in the old nomadic lifestyle and in religious ritual.
這種藝術型態可以追溯至十六世紀，起源於古老的遊牧生活型態與宗教儀式。

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Buddhist monks believe being physically flexible opened up the mind.
佛教僧侶相信鍛鍊柔軟的身體能夠開敞心靈。

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Poses mimicked nature.
他們的姿勢都模仿自然。

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The art form has grown hugely in popularity since the 1940s, when the State Circus was established.
自從國家馬戲團（編註：指 State Circus of Mongolia 蒙古國家馬戲團）於一九四○年代成立以來，這種藝術受歡迎的程度就大幅增長。

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Today, there are multiple contortion schools throughout Mongolia, with pupils as young as five.
今天，蒙古各地設有多所柔體特技學校，年紀最小的學生才五歲。

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The simple truth is, Mongolian girls want to be contortionists, just as boys want to be wrestlers.
事實很簡單，蒙古女孩就想成為柔體特技舞者，正如男孩想要成為摔角選手一樣。

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I guess when you maybe want a top athlete baseball player, sometimes you look in America.
我想，你如果想要找個頂尖的棒球選手，有時會到美國來找。

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We need a contortionist, we could look in Mongolia.
我們需要柔體特技舞者，就可以到蒙古去找。

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When they dance, they have a natural flexibility, even with their folk dance of Mongolia.
他們跳起舞來具有天生的柔軟度，即便是跳他們的蒙古民俗舞蹈也一樣。

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It's just part of their culture to have this extra bend and delivery with their movement.
這是他們文化的一部分，會在動作中做出這種特別的彎曲和姿態。

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The girls train every day for three hours or more.
這些女子每天訓練三個小時以上。

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It seemed somehow irresistible.
看起來實在令人難以抗拒。

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In the circumstances, you just had to say it: Come on, girls, show us some moves.
在這種情況下，你實在不得不說：來吧，女孩們，表演幾招給我們看看。

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This is like free leg, then begin push up.
腿可以自由活動，然後再把身體舉起來。

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This is more... more hard... harder than this one.
這個動作比較……比較困難，比這樣還難。

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They surprise me very much with their strength when they can bend themselves into a pretzel.
她們的力氣讓我很意外，因為她們能夠把自己的身體彎成像蝴蝶餅。

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But after they've done that, then they push themselves up and they have their whole body weight on one arm.
但她們做到這種動作之後，接著又可以把自己的身體舉起來，以一隻手臂撐住全身的重量。

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And I just think, how do they do this?
我心裡想著，她們是怎麼做到的？

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Nick Glass, CNN, Las Vegas.
CNN 記者尼克．葛拉斯在拉斯維加斯的報導。