Laura Humppila is a versatile dance and theatre artist, director, teacher and interaction coach specialising in physical theatre. Originally from Helsinki, Humppila has been involved in several theatre and dance groups. She has worked in theatre and opera productions and performed and taught both at home and abroad. Humppila is also the founder and developer of the Physical Opera theatre company. In the field of opera, she has worked as a choreographer, director and assistant director since 2012 in dozens of productions, including Opera Box, Orpheus Muses, Helsinki Opera Association and Ooppera Skaala. She holds a Master of Theatre Arts, a Master of Social Psychology, and a Master of Arts in Theatre and Dance. As a director, Laura is fascinated and inspired by group-based working methods, multi-artistic collaboration and the equality of different arts in creating an experiential experience, as well as a strongly embodied approach to communicating stories and emotions.