My name is Chris Staefe.

I am many things.

I am a performer, acrobat, fire dancer, teacher, trainer, artist, and photographer.

I live in Las Vegas and am creating my own path. Everybody has a job that is, one of my good friends once coined as, a lucrative inconvenience. I spend a lot of years of my life working a job that did not make me happy or satisfied. Now, I have taken all my loves in life and decided to make those my job.

THE PAST

I started life like so many others… dreaming. I wanted to be an astronaut or an Air Force test pilot. Growing up near the Kennedy Space Center, looking up at the stars was a wonderful pass time.

My journey didn’t take me where my dreams once pointed, and I began college as a physics major. Then, it changed to mechanical engineering, then it took a turn to music. I completed a decade of college as a composer and conductor nearly earning my doctorate in electronic composition. But still, my journey was not complete.

As I tend to pick things up fast, I picked up Web Design while working on my degrees. I was employed at Zappos.com for two and a half years as a front-end web developer. This is what brought me to Las Vegas. Even though Zappos is one of the best companies in the USA to work for, there was a small problem, I wasn’t happy with spending 8 hours a day working on something that gave me no fulfillment. So, I started fire spinning.

I began taking acrobatic fitness courses called Acrofit and began to meet Cirque de Soliel artists that let me train with purpose. This was fun. I also began finding out where my personal fear boundaries are. I began pushing on those a bit.

THE PRESENT

I am currently enrolled in a Pilates Teacher Certification course and am currently teaching.

I teach Pilates, Acrofit, Handstands, and Fire Dancing.

I perform as a circus artist and as a fire dancer.

I take photographs of people, places, and things when I’m asked to, or when I see beauty that should be captured.

THE FUTURE

I will continue to teach poi, fire spinning, and pilates.

I will continue to develop my skill as an Adagio/Partner Balancing artist.

I will continue to perform in Las Vegas and would love to perform for you.