Diana Stanton  is an Assistant Professor of Dance at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA. She is also the Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Variable Velocity Performance Group in San Luis Obispo, CA. She received an M.F.A in Dance from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a B.A. in Dance from the University of California, Irvine. Her choreography has been presented professionally in many venues including: UC Irvine; CU Boulder Boulder; Jazz Dance Workshop; Dancers for Life, a benefit for AIDS at Riverside Community College; Cal Poly; Allan Hancock College; the L.A. Open Festival; and several American College Dance Festivals throughout the U.S. Currently Diana teaches at Cal Poly and the World Rhythm and Motion Dance Studio. She has also taught at Allan Hancock College, PCPA, Cuesta College, CU Boulder and the Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop. Diana focuses on released athleticism and inverted techniques in her teaching and choreography.