Teacher

Nicole Klaymoon

Nicole Klaymoon, Artistc Director-Founder of EMBODIMENT PROJECT, received a B.A. in dance from UCLA. Her one-woman show, "The Sixth Vowel", directed by Kamilah Forbes and choreographed by Rennie Harris, was performed at various venues and events across the country and Europe including the Hip-Hop Theater Festival in New York and DC, Miami Project Hip-Hop, Illadelph Legends of Hip-Hop Festival in Philadelphiaand the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. Klaymoon is currently is on faculty in the dance department at Marin Academy, and hosts the REBIRTH, a street dance event sponsored by Ford Foundation and La Pe–a Cultural Center. EMBODIMENT PROJECT (EP) is fiscally sponsored by La Pe–a Cultural Center and is a recipient of the Zellerbach Grant. EP performed their first original work, "Bloodline," at the Left Coast Leaning Festival at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and Dance Mission Theater collaborating with renown vocalist, Valerie Troutt. The Embodiment Project strives to distill emotion from art by incorporating street dance, spoken-word, theater, and song to express personal and poignant narratives.