Dyana Diaz

All ages, Spanish-bilingual classes, Power Plays

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Dyana Díaz is a Puerto Rican actress and teaching artist; she earned her B.A. in Performing Arts for the Theatrical Expression at the University of Guadalajara in Mexico, in 2012. There, she was co-founder of Colectivo Transeúnte a theatre group dedicated to the creation of performances for young audiences. With ColectivoTranseúnte, she worked as an actress, assistant director, stage manager, and producer in numerous performances, locally and internationally. In 2014 she was co-founder of  INART, Institute of the Performing Arts, the first private acting school in Guadalajara, Mexico where she worked as a teaching artist and academic coordinator. In early 2017, she arrived in San Francisco and started working with SFYT as a teaching artist, and as a theatre creator. During the last years, she has dedicated her time combining arts education and mental health, while developing Spanish language theatre created for and performed by Bay Area youth. At SFYT since 2017.

“I love that at SFYT I'm not only teaching youth specific theatre skills, but how to be in connection to others and oneself.  In my classes I hope students discover the magic and power that theatre-making and storytelling can have over community building, communication, and personal freedom. I hope too that they can use the tools gained in class to grow as artists and as people.”