Growing up at a farm, there was nothing indicating that Kristian would end up as a ballet dancer. Trying to control his energy as a child, his mother sent him to ballet lessons where he ended up finding tremendous joy in trying to meet the challenges required when you study ballet. Mastering physical demands, combined with determination and patience was, and still are some of his obvious strenghts. He has been working as a dancer with The Norwegian National Ballet since 1996, and has also founded his own company, KSDancefield, named as a reference to his roots.

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Already during his education at the Hamburg Ballet School with John Neumeier, he excelled as a dancer with unique ideas and will to create his own pieces. Not long after he joined the The Norwegian Opera and Ballet, he began producing ballets for his workplace, two of which he has been nominated the critics award.

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After dancing many prominent roles in both the classical, but not least the modern repertoire - and also worked personally with choreographers such as Jiri Kylian, Mats Ek, Lightfoot & Leon, Glen Tetley, Nacho Duato, Marco Goecke and William Forsythe, he stepped out of the institutional life and took a Master's Degree in Choreography at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, graduating in 2017.

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His company, KSDancefield, makes performances with technically challenging choreography, but always with a thoughtful concept. He finds inspiration in countless sources, and being the curious man he is, every meeting – be it with people or situations - can be a source of inspiration. From his earlier works we find both the full-length history ballets, to more abstract pieces. In recent years he has researched a great deal on the relationship between video and dance, and also collaborated closely with musician Charles Rinaudo, who has adapted everything from classical music to house music for KSDancefield.

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Kristian Støvind is also an actor and has performed several prominent roles, both at the Nationaltheatre and Riksteateret, in addition to assisting with choreography and direction for a number of performances in the theatre.

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KSDancefield loves exploring ever-new areas of performing arts and often combines experience from classical ballet to contemporary dance, text and music and video editing.

But it is the movement that still lies closest to his heart.