Karstein Solli is an stage artist and University Senior lecturer in acting, drama and theater communication. He is graduated as a preschool teacher with mime and theater education from Ecole Jaques Lecoq in Paris, Desmond Jones School of Mime, London and Mime Department at the State Theater School in Amsterdam. Since 1987 he has been producing solo performances and large productions under his direction. He is a demanded choreographer and stage director .He has contributed as an actor and dancer in well known norwegian groups as Cirka Teater, Verdensteateret(The Bessie Awards 2007) and Juni Dahr/Visjoner , Norway. In 1992 he received together with dancer Marius Kjos The Press Critic Prize as "The best dance performance of the year" in "Det var nok idretten som tok knekken på oss".The year after this performance was adapted to television and shown in the Norwegian broadcast.Since 1997 , Karstein Solli is a regular receiver of the Norwegian State Income for Artists. He is a demanded teacher , counselor and lecturer for the scenic art field. Karstein solli is currently a lecturer at the School for new dance in Oslo.Solli's artistic work is characterized to be an intersection between dance, theater and performance.His performances and artistic expressions are not so easy to be categorized because they are stretched from dance, in the early age of 0 -3 years, to theater and dance for adults. His teaching is specialized and methodological structured into interdisciplinary expressions with a solid theoretical support. His performances receive good critics from media and has participated in national and international dance and theater festivals as Festspillene I Nord-Norge,Ultima and Kirkefestspill in Oslo. He has been touring in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Hungary, United States, Brazil and Chile. Karstein Solli has his own studio in downtown Oslo. www.karstein.no