Elias Edstrom is an actor and director working in Finland with physical theater. He spent 4 years learning acting in physical theater at the University of Arts in Finland and another 3 years learning acting and directing in Chinese Opera at the National Academy of Chinese Theater Arts in Beijing. He is a co-founder of the group Wusheng Company which so far is the first group in Europe to use Beijing opera as a base for its creative work. The work that he engages with Wusheng Company is basically combining Beijing opera techniques with that of west theater tradition as well as traditional Beijing opera pieces translated into Finnish.