ABOUT WISHBONE

Wishbone is a pre-professional dance company founded by Embodiment Project’s Artistic Director, Nicole Klaymoon. Like the wishbone—the bone that helps birds take flight—this company serves as a springboard for emerging dancers, choreographers, and storytellers to expand into their fullest artistic expression.

Dancers train with Nicole Klaymoon, Francis Aquino and select Embodiment Project artists in house dance, release technique, popping, improvisation, documentary theater, and choreo-poetry. Training also incorporates subtle body awareness and energetic hygiene to support artists in harnessing the alchemical power of live performance and awakening a distinct sense of embodiment.

Traditionally, the wishbone—a Y-shaped relic of flight—symbolizes luck and the granting of wishes. Two people pull it apart, each silently holding a hope; the one left with the larger piece is said to have their wish fulfilled. Yet what appears to be the “smaller piece” often guides us toward unexpected alignment, grace, and transformation. The wishbone becomes not only a symbol of luck, but of trust in the unseen choreography of our paths.

Wishbone provides a container for highly sensitive artists on a contemplative journey—those seeking belonging within an intimate, loving community that nourishes their gifts and supports their evolution. Designed as a developmental residency, the program offers space for emerging artists to gain performance experience, mentorship, and portfolio growth. Rather than a paid position, it is an immersive creative process that invites transformation and collaboration, empowering artists to take flight within live performance.