Daiane Lopes da Silva

Daiane Lopes da Silva is a dancer, choreographer, educator and artistic director of Kinetech Arts, where she explores the intersection of dance, science and technology. Since 2013, she has created over 10 full-length performances, which have been performed in South America, Europe and the U.S. She has been commissioned by various companies and Universities and is a faculty member of various schools in the Bay Area. Lopes da Silva was a guest lecturer at SSU, UC Davis and USF (LASER) and has choreographed for BDP at UC Berkeley. Her residencies include Headlands Center for the Arts, CounterPulse, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, ODC Theater, Temescal Art Center and Estalagem da Ponta do Sol/Madeira, participation at Dancing Lab at NCCAkron, among others. Lopes da Silva has 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. She graduated with a B.A. in Psychology from SFSU.