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. Her work has been commissioned by UC Berkeley, UC Davis, Robert Moses Kin, Dance Brigade, West Bay Opera, Western Ballet, among others. Lopes da Silva was a guest lecturer at SSU, UC Davis, and USF. Her residencies include Lucas Artists Residency Program, Headlands Center for the Arts, CounterPulse, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, 836M, ODC Theater, Temescal Art Center, Estalagem da Ponta do Sol/Madeira, Dancing Lab at NCCAkron, among others. She 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. She is a faculty member of ODC Dance Commons, where she was also a Pilot Mentor, Western Ballet and LINES Dance Center.