Daiane Lopes da Silva
Youth Program – Contemporary
Daiane Lopes da Silva is a dancer, choreographer, educator and artistic director of Kinetech Arts, where she works on the intersection of dance, science and technology. With the support from Zellerbach Family Foundation, CA$H Grant Program, Kenneth Rainin Foundation, Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, and Creative Work Fund, Daiane has created multiple full evening works. Her work has been performed in Brazil, France, Belgium, Greece, Germany, Italy and U.S.A. As a dancer, she has performed with KUNST-STOFF dance company, Labayen Dance, Lisbon Dance Company, Little Seismic Dance Company, Robert Moses’ Kin, and in works of Sara Shelton Mann. Daiane is on faculty at Alonzo King Lines Ballet Dance Center Teens Program and Western Ballet. She has taught ballet, contemporary dance and choreography at ODC Dance Commons, Tahoe Youth Ballet, and Esplorazioni Contemporanee, among others. Daiane studied at The Municipal Ballet of São Paulo, Brazil and at P.A.R.T.S (Performing Arts Research and Training Studios), directed by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker in Brussels, and graduated with a B.A. in Psychology, Alpha Beta Kappa, from SFSU. She is in residency at ODC Theatre and Djerassi Resident Artists Program from 2018-2021.