{"id":522,"date":"2026-01-22T14:12:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.wrkshp.fi\/poetics-of-form\/?post_type=bios&#038;p=522"},"modified":"2026-01-22T14:12:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:12:56","slug":"sami-henrik-haapala","status":"publish","type":"bios","link":"https:\/\/nivel.teak.fi\/poetics-of-form\/bio\/sami-henrik-haapala\/","title":{"rendered":"Sami Henrik Haapala"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sami Henrik Haapala is a Finnish actor FIA, dancer, live art maker and a dj. He is also a doctoral candidate in artistic research at the Performing Arts Research Centre Tutke in the University of the Arts Helsinki. In addition to having degrees in both acting (Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, UK) and dance (North Karelia College, FIN) he also holds a BA in Cultural Anthropology (University of Helsinki, FIN). In his doctoral research Haapala focuses on how an actor, participant and environment co-create meaning in participatory and immersive performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haapala\u2019s own works cut through theatre, dance and live art. He is the artistic director of a performing arts company The Center for Everything.<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samihenrik.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.samihenrik.me<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.centerforeverything.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.centerforeverything.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-522","bios","type-bios","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nivel.teak.fi\/poetics-of-form\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bios\/522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nivel.teak.fi\/poetics-of-form\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bios"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nivel.teak.fi\/poetics-of-form\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bios"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nivel.teak.fi\/poetics-of-form\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}