Camilla Therese Karlsen

Camilla Therese Karlsen is author, storyteller, dancer, aerialist and acrobat. Camilla belongs to the Seasami tribe of northern Norway. After many years of experience on stage as an artist whose main medium is her body, she has been exploring how to combine her work with traditional Sámi storytelling and poetry.

Camilla founded the company Ulv & Ugle in 2017, a Sámi performing art company promoting Sámi culture and spreading awareness on indigenous socio-political questions. The work of the company can be branded as crossover performance and contain Sámi joik, poetry, storytelling, dance, juggling and acrobatics on the floor and in the air. The company creates crossover productions for stage, indoors, outdoors, theater, festivals, events, site specific and more.

Addressing the ongoing conflict at the “industrial windmill park” at Fosen, Camilla criticizes the fabricated narratives of “green shift” in energy production and reveals how indigenous cultures are oppressed and stigmatized in such a propaganda building.