top of page

HOW WE DO

WHAT WE DO

HOW WE DO

WHAT WE DO

onCUE creates, unites, and empowers healthy and wealthy individuals by helping them to connect their personal stories to liberating ideas from Panafrican cultures through the cyp

lion roar.jpeg

Searching

Searching

"Searching for a True Move" (SFTM) is a dance training playspace for participants to unapologetically embody the invisible aspects of their humanity through informal, codified (Hip-hop & House), and theatrical dancing.

​

Sharing

Sharing

22.10.26_quilan_still1-15.JPG

When I'm courageously moving from deep listening to my inner-and-outer worlds I am moving truly."- Quilan "Cue" Arnold 

S-Trinity

Shifting

Shifting

onCUE builds programming that encourages our community to shift towards personal and social change. 

 

Through the onCUE Center of Learning (onCUE COL) we provide online classes, podcasts, and communal chats that help individuals positively shift themselves and historically oppressed communities.

About the founder

About the founder

Quilan “Cue” Arnold (MFA) is a movement artist based out of Union City, NJ, who uses his God-given gifts to create systems that advocate for the liberation of all people. He is currently a New Directions Choreography Lab Artist-in-Residence at Alvin Ailey.
 

As a performer Quilan has been a member of companies such as Camille A. Brown and Dancers (NY), Rennie Harris Puremovement (PA), Netta Yerushalmy Dance Company (NY), Abby Z and the New Utility (NY), and Enzo Celli Vivo Ballet (NY).
 

Quilan’s most recent choreographic works, True Move: Quilan and Club KINGDOM, were presented at Green Space Theater (NY) and University of Texas- Austin, respectively, in 2022. Other choreographic commissions include Brigham-Young University (UT), Western Washington University (WA), and Hunter College (NY).
 

Quilan is the co-founder of the Street/Club Dance podcast, The Good Foot Podcast, executive director of the Street/Club Dance documentary, Build’N Shop, which is partially funded by the 2018 Ohio State Dance Preservation Grant; and co-founder of the online battle event, Dominate from a Distance.
 

As an educator Quilan has served numerous dance institutions by foregrounding the value of Street/Club Dance philosophy towards dance technique, U.S. history, antiracism, and more. A few of Quilan’s educational commissions include University of Texas- Austin’s (TX), Hunter College (NY), Marymount Manhattan College (NY), and Towson University (MD). Additionally, Quilan hosts an online Hip-Hop course, Get Groovy.

2021_06_18 QuilanUpdated HighRes-3.jpg

awards

Dance Camera West

2026

Best Experimental Short: Lowelyfe Episode 1: The Only Way Out Is Through 

Charlotte International film festival

2026

Best Cinematic: Lowelyfe Episode 1: The Only Way Out Is Through

CUNY Dance Initiative

2023-25

Artist in Residence at Queensborough Community College '24-'25

Artist Resident at Lehman College '23-'24

alvin ailey school

2020 & 2022

New Directions Choreography Lab Artist in Residence

All Arts "Alvin Ailey New Directions" Documentary Featured Artist (Webby and Emmy nominated)

creative capital

2021

Award Finalist Nominee (Top 5% of 4,000 Applications)

Hunter college

2021

Transformative Learning in the Humanities Grant

bottom of page