He is also the 2008 Tennessee Williams Literary Festival (NOLA) Stella Yellin’ Champion!

While in NYC at Juilliard, he studied all forms of dance and movement, ranging from classical ballet and modern improvisations to Butoh, Gaga, and Pop & Lock. He was also exposed to several other movement and mind-body awareness modalities, such as the Alexander Technique, the Feldenkrais Method, and the Franklin Method. During his junior year, Nolan advanced his knowledge in his first deep dive into Anatomy & Kinesiology with Irene Dowd. The knowledge he gained during the course remained pertinent throughout his career. Having suffered a severe ankle injury before graduating high school and obsessing over the rehabilitation, deep functional understanding was always at the forefront of Nolan’s relationship with movement performance.

He’s been a yoga practitioner for more than 20 years, completed a yoga teacher trainer, and regularly practices meditation and breathwork. Nolan worked at StretchLab locations in Denver and Boulder before further developing his skills by pursuing a deeper understanding of working effectively with different bodies at the Dr Ida Rolf Institute. He has worked with clients who are affected by myopathy, spastic paraplegia, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, severe cases of arthritis and scoliosis, piriformis syndrome, and frozen shoulder, among other conditions, and has worked with many professional and college-level athletes.