Noelle Awadallah نوال is a Palestinian American improviser, performer, and maker who resides in Mni Sota. She is currently a member of Body Watani with leilawa and a company member of Ananya Dance Theatre. Her work circles themes of transcendence of time, ancestor imaginings, listening, metaphor, falling into stereotypes, mysticism, and storytelling. Improvisational practices guide her movement generating as an honest way to dig and share stories re-remembered from her body. Constantly curious, but currently investigating future-ness through acknowledgement of past. She has presented work in various spaces including Columbia College Chicago, National Students for Justice in Palestine Conference, Performathon Pique Art Space, and Dear Gaza Block Party. She was a recipient of the Diyar Theatre مسرح ديار residency in Bethlehem, Palestine 2019 and a recipient of the Hinge Arts Residency of Career Development in 2020. She dabbles in experimental short films as another form of storytelling. She holds a BFA from Columbia College Chicago (2018).