Press
“This is an intense performance, a bit like taking a defibrillator jolt to the soul… “Seed Language” also is exquisitely subtle in its way. Klaymoon has woven opposing perspectives together and left the threads tangled — as in art, so in life.” – SF Chronicle
“Art and life collide in Nicole Klaymoon’s works of dance and documentary theater… With a wit that is sometimes poignant, sometimes lacerating, Klaymoon avoids polemic in pursuit of ambiguous, messy truths.” – KQED
“Nicole Klaymoon’s Sixth Vowel was THE BEST small theatrical production I have seen in this city in a decade.” – Miami New Times
“The performers are charismatic, the hip-hop dance commanding, the truths delivered unflinchingly. In case I haven’t been emphatic enough: Call up your local presenter. You need to see this.” – Fjord Review
Bridging hip-hop and concert dance with the ‘Experimental Battle,’ SF Chronicle
A Healing Shifting Ground, ODC Dance Stories
Embodiment Project dances into heavy topics in “Music of the Actualized Child,”
SF Chronicle
Music of the Actualized Child, KPFA Radio Interview
Why Citizenship, San Francisco’s Transform Fest Asks the Question, Fjord Review
Women to Watch: Nicole Klaymoon, by Carla Escoda, KQED
What Happens When You Bring Street Dance On Stage? by d. Sabela Grimes and Amy O’Neal, Dance Magazine
Dance-theater piece re-creates ‘Seed’ of Black Lives Matter, by Claudia Bauer, SF Chronicle
CubaCaribe Festival Takes Stock a Year into the ‘Great Cuban Thaw,’ by Carla Escoda, KQED
After Suhrs Registration Bay Area Musicians Keep Pushing For Change, by Andrew Gilbert, KQED
Bay Area Performance Picks that go Beyond the Completely Obvious, by Chloe Veltman, KQED
Obscure Court Ruling May Mean More Funding For SF Arts Orgs, by Eli Wirtschafter, KQED
Hip Hop dance performance puts spotlight on racism, by Tammerlin Drummond, San Jose Mercury News
Students Reimagine Black Lives Matter, by Lakshmi Sarah, KQED
Destiny Arts Puts Movement in the Movement, by April Kilcrease, East Bay Express
Destiny Arts Ready to Unveil Powerful New Dancetheater work, Bay Area News Group, San Jose Mercury News
Homebodies, by Rita Felciano, SF Bay Guardian
House of Moon Candy, by Rachel Swan, East Bay Express
Hip-Hop Hit, by Chuck Strouse, Miami New Times Blog
Risk-taking choreographers reached new heights in 2012, by Rita Felciano, SF Bay Guardian
Guerrilla Warfare: The San Francisco International Hip Hop Dancefest at the Palace of Fine Art, by Carla Escoda, Huffpost
Hip Hop dance performance puts spotlight on racism, by Tammerlin Drummond, East Bay Times
LeftCoastLeaning, ‘It’s All About the Left Coast,’ by Rachel Swan, East Bay Express
Hip Hop Dance Fest in San Francisco Was Incredible, by Alex Mak, Broke-ass Stuart
Dance mecca ODC Theater turns 40, by Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News
Escape the Distractions and See These Ten Dance Events, by Carl Escoda, KQED Arts