Silvita Diaz Brown is a Mexican-American choreographer, dancer, actor, acrobat, and movement educator based in Chicago since 2008. She holds a BFA in Dance from Universidad de las Américas Puebla (Mexico) and an MFA in Theatre/Movement from York University (Canada). She is the founder of Sildance/AcroDanza, a dance-theater company that blends contemporary dance, acrobatics, and physical theater. Her work has been presented and supported by organizations such as Chicago Dancemakers Forum, Ballet 5:8, Momenta Dance, the National Museum of Mexican Art, Links Hall, See Chicago Dance, the Chicago Cultural Center, Ragdale, and Malcolm X College. Internationally, she has performed at festivals and venues in Cuba, Spain, India, Canada, Mexico, and across the U.S. A three-time 3Arts Award nominee in Dance, she is currently a 2025 Chicago Dancemakers Forum Finalist.
As a dancer/performer, she has worked with independent choreographers, dance companies and theater directors in Egypt, Mexico, Canada and the United States. She also completed two yoga certifications and has trained in partner acrobatics with Acroyoga Montreal and Acro Dutch. Silvita teaches yoga and movement all across Chicago. Her yoga and partner acrobatics practice have been transformative vehicles in her life and have richly influenced her dance practice, creative work, vision, and performance.
Silvita’s interdisciplinary dance work celebrates her Mexican heritage and explores themes of women’s empowerment. She investigates the self—its desires, fears, and realizations—while examining how personal experiences intersect with societal norms and expectations. Drawn to the ways mysticism, history, and folklore reveal the heroic in everyday life, she uses movement to explore and reconcile her diverse cultural histories. Magic realism permeates her work, transforming conflicting truths into moments of revelation. Through her art, she seeks to inspire audiences to embrace their identities and futures, regardless of their origins.