Diana Lopez Soto

Individual


Roles

Artist, Dancer

Biography

Diana Lopez Soto is an award-winning multidisciplinary Mexican/Canadian artist, mother, and land caretaker. She has presented and exhibited her work nationally and internationally in France, Panama, Mexico, Costa Rica, the USA, and Canada. She creates and co-creates site-specific performances, vertical dance, art installations, and experimental film. Her interest in sustainable practices informs her process and the responsibility of her art practice. Diana’s love for material, physics and relationships to space inspire her rigging designs, installations, and sculptural sets that come to life through her movement explorations. From her grandmother to her mother and herself, Land has always shaped and informed her process. In 2019, and thanks to the Canada Arts Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council, Diana reconnected with the land and the communities of her ancestors in Michoacan, Mexico. She also participated in the Guapamacataro Art and Ecology residency and the Vancouver International Vertical Dance Summit. From 2017 to 2022, she collaborated and mentored with Alejandro Ronceria in her solo NOMADA. Diana is currently co-creating and developing work with Victoria Mata, Femme Du Feu, Look Up Theatre, and Hercinia Arts. She is a member of Vanguardia Dance Projects and one of the founders of Land Embodiment Lab.

Connections 2.0, 2023

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