Embodiment Project

Photo: David Wilson

Grant Recipient

Photo: David Wilson

Location

San Francisco, CA

Digital Presence

Artist Website

Project Title

X Rated Planet

Fiscal Year Awarded

2019

Grant or Program

National Dance Project Production Grant

Grant Amount

$45,000

Embodiment Project is an award-winning San Francisco based company that intersects street dance traditions like house dance, bgirling, hip hop, and more with visceral poetic and theatrical elements, and live music. Artistic director Nicole Klaymoon’s signature approach to dance emphasizes the sacred practice of voicing stories of trauma to reclaim power. “X RATED PLANET” seeks healing from sexual trauma, including the reclamation of sovereignty over one’s body, while using documentary hip hop dance theater and storytelling to challenge pervasive rape culture and contribute to the discourse of the Me Too Movement. “The performers are charismatic, the hip-hop dance commanding, the truths delivered unflinching… Go see it.” - Ford Review

Estimated artist fee: $6,000/performance; $10,000-15,000/week

This project has also received the following funding from NEFA:

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, National Dance Project Presentation Grant, 2020

Artists' Work

A man dressed in Native American garb pretends to vomit on two women who are dancing in white and look to be exorcising a demon from one of the women

Photo by David Wilson

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Nicole Klaymoon
klaymoon@embodimentproject.org
Artistic Director/Founder
Embodiment Project
tel 510-418-5419