NOL SIMONSE (he/him) grew up in Washington, DC, and trained at the Boston Conservatory of Music. He moved to San Francisco in 1997 and is a founding member of Kunst-Stoff. Nol has worked with Janice Garrett since the inception of her company, now called Garrett+Moulton Productions. He has danced with Sean Dorsey Dance since 2007. He is also a longtime collaborator/performer of Sue Roginski, Eric Kupers, Christy Funsch, Stephen Pelton, and Kara Davis. Nol was awarded an Isadora Duncan Bay Area Dance Award in 2011, and in 2009 Nol received a GOLDIE for dance. Nol was the first person to win Luna Dance Institute’s Choreofund prize, and Dance Teacher magazine published an interview with him in 2016. Nol currently teaches modern at Alonzo King’s Lines Dance Center and Shawl-Anderson Dance Center. Nol produced eight seasons of "Shared Space" with Todd Eckert at Dance Mission Theater from 2007 to 2016 and has had residencies at Dance Mission and Studio 210. Nol was one of the 25 nominated artists to create a dance for the 25th anniversary season of the West Wave Dance Festival. This is Nol’s 16th season with Sean Dorsey Dance.