Les Farfadais

Half-naked men, their bodies intertwined and defying gravity. Les Farfadais is a performance troupe encompassing acrobatics, circus skills and haute couture costumes. On a recent visit to Australia, we caught up with founder Stephane Haffner and his husband Kyle Kier-Haffner for a chat and photoshoot. Words and pictures by Riley-McFarlane Photography.

DNA: How would you describe what the audience will see when they come to one of your shows?

Stephane: We mix live, contemporary music, dance, circus acts and aerial acrobatics with elaborate avant-garde costumes to create our fantasy world! It’s like taking you into our own dreamlike realm. While our shows appeal to audiences of all ages, we also design shows for different markets. We have shows with aerialists, equestrians and even horses on stage or just Kyle and myself in a bathtub. For example, what the audience sees at The One Grand Show in Berlin (costumes by Jean-Paul Gautier by the way) is not quite as sensual and erotic as our performances on the Atlantis cruises.