Contributing Artists
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. 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 Headlands Center for the Arts, CounterPulse, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, 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.
Weidong Yang
WEIDONG YANG is the co-founder and director of Kinetech Arts. He founded Kineviz, creating visual analytics solution for complex data. He received his Ph.D in Physics and Masters in Computer Science from University of Oregon. Weidong was a postdoctoral fellow at UC Berkeley, conducting research on quantum dots. He has collaborated and created many performances and installations. As a dancer, he has performed with various dance companies including KUNST-STOFF, Paco Gomes and Sara Shelton Mann. He was a resident artist at Djerassi Resident Artists Program, ODC Theater and Estalagem da Ponta De Sol in Madeira.
Photo by JingJing Liu
Ye Feng
YE FENG is a “National First-Class Dancer ” in China. She was a seasoned professional, serving as Artistic Director and President of the dance company in the China National Song and Dance Troupe.
As performer, choreographer, and artistic director, her works were presented in the Olympic opening & closing ceremonies three times in 2004, 2008, 2014 respectively.
In the South Bay Area, Feng Ye launched the Feng Ye Dance Studio and Feng Ye Dance Troupe and successfully produced and performed a grand annual gala entitled “ENCOUNTER” at the San Jose Art Center Montgomery Theater in 2018 and “DANCE WITH NATURE” at the Cowell Theater in San Francisco in 2019. For three consecutive years, the Feng Ye Dance Troupe was selected as the only representative of Chinese dance to participate in the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival. Feng Ye has emerged as an important figure in the region, promoting the integration of dance cultures from multiple ethnic groups.
Driven by their unwavering passion, she established the Asian Cultural Foundation, a groundbreaking institution that has since become a beacon of cultural exchange and preservation. Under their visionary leadership, the foundation has flourished, nurturing collaborations among artists, scholars, and cultural enthusiasts from diverse backgrounds. The foundation have championed educational programs, providing opportunities for individuals to explore and understand the depth and significance of Asian cultures.
Alex Law
ALEX LAW communicates across art, science, and technology while marketing and facilitating events for Kinetech Arts. Her background combines the sciences (Bachelors in Human Biology from UCSC) and the arts (Pilot Artist at ODC/ Production Manager for DanceHack 2020). She is an Emerging Art Professionals fellow (EAP Cohort X) digging into equity and capital for Bay Area artists, as well as an ongoing resident artist for SAFEhouse Arts. She finds joy in the endless research found in improvisation and in the choreography of the everyday.
Kat Lin
KAT LIN is a writer, photographer, dancer, and startup founder living in San Francisco. She loves exploring the intersections of art and technology. She has written for publications ranging from Atlas Obscura to Climbing Magazine to the New Yorker. Kat graduated with a B.S. in biomedical engineering from Yale University. Kat is the creator and writer of Kinetech Arts blog.
Amber Gott
AMBER GOTT is from London, UK. Dance and Choreography is a passion of hers. She feels lucky to have been able to explore creatively while training at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. She would like to be able to continue choreographic endeavors throughout her life. Amber is also excited about the possibilities at the convergence of Movement and Media Technologies and hopes to gain more experience in this burgeoning field. She is thrilled to be dancing with Kinetech Arts.
Erin Coyne
ERIN COYNE is a San Francisco-based dancer, choreographer, and educator. Originally from the Chicago area, Erin graduated from the University of Minnesota with her Masters in Education and dual degree in Dance and Education. Since then, Erin has had the pleasure of performing with FACT/SF and Roseann Baker, while also presenting her own work at
various venues throughout Minneapolis, Chicago, and the Bay Area. Her dance film, Shift, was an award-winning Dance Film in the 2021 San Francisco Indie Short Film Festival. Most recently, Erin co-produced and directed the dance premiere,A Flight of Movement & Drinks, at Uzay Gallery in February 2023 with a local music producer.
Raymond Larrett
RAYMOND LARRETT was a versatile graphic artist, with a broad range of experience as an illustrator, cartoonist, storyteller, photo manipulator, digital publisher, motion graphics artist, animator, writer, web and print designer, storyboard artist, etcetera. Raymond is the author and designer of Kinetech Arts coloring book.
We miss Raymond every day. We carry him deep inside our hearts. He worked with us from 2014 to January 2020 doing graphic design, website, video documentation, video editing, making us laugh, challenging us, working incessantly in documenting everything about KA and much more. Not one single day passes by that we don’t think about him. We love you dear friend.
Contributing artists (2013-2024)
Amber Gott, Abbigail Hinson, Felicitas Fisher, Sophie Ortiz, Lillian Bickley, Mariel Pettee, Ben Goosman, Giulia Sales, Giovana Sales, Erin Coyne, Olesya Elfimova, Tessa Nebrida, Sholeh Asgary, Miguel Mariaca, Pierre Mariaca, Vidhu Aggarwal, Gizeh Muniz, Samuel Melecio-Zambrano, Chelsea Reichert, Júlia Rúbies Subirós, Patricia Alessandrini, Michael Koehle, Tim Russel. Hien Huynh, Karla Quintero, Florian Hönig, Ben Juodvalkis, Alex Law, Juliet Paramor, Hannah Wasielewski, Irene Hsiao, Tanja London, Chin Chin Hsü, Ana He, Byb Channel Bybene, Shareen DeRyan, Maria Sotnikova, Nitipat Ong Polchai, Esha Nambiar, Erick Scheid, Travis Bennett, Colin Epstein, David Chase, Clover Mathis, Gama Hsü, Raquel Santiago Boluda, Jocelyn Reyes, Ian Winters, Kathy High, Tim Russell, Diane Mateo, Suzette Sagizi, Arvejon Jones, Lauren Bedal, Christin Hannah Madrigan, Keanu Forrest, Erin Huetis, Alex Benedict, Richard Festinger, Norma Fong, Amelia Eisen, Harry Rubeck, Nathaniel Moore, Neta Singer, Robert Edgar, Katherine Disenhof, Jiayi Young, Shih Wen, Robin Edgar, Becky Robinson Leviton, Priscila Park, Christy Funsch and Qinmin Liu.
Partners
The ClimateMusic Project, Lake Tahoe Dance Collective, ODC Theater, Djerassi Resident Artists Program and CounterPulse.