LOWELYFE:EPISODE 1
THE ONLY WAY OUT IS THROUGH

Quilan “Cue” Arnold (MFA) is a movement artist based in Union City, NJ, who uses his God-given gifts to advocate for the liberation of all people through dance. As a performer, he has worked with companies including The Metropolitan Opera, Camille A. Brown and Dancers, Rennie Harris Puremovement, Netta Yerushalmy, Abby Z and the New Utility, and Enzo Celli’s Vivo Ballet.
His latest choreographic work, Lone.Lean.Less, was presented at the University of Texas at Austin, Queensborough Community College, and Brigham Young University in 2025. He is a 2023–25 CUNY Dance Initiative awardee, 2024 Flying Carpet Festival Choreographer, 2022 New Directions Choreography Lab Artist-in-Residence at Alvin Ailey, and was featured in the ALL ARTS documentary Alvin Ailey New Directions.
Quilan is founder and CEO of The onCUE Company, a kinetic storytelling collective designed to create, unite, and empower people to integrate their personal narratives with the liberating stories of Biblical and Panafrican cultures. He is the artistic director of onCUE Chronicles, hosts The Good Foot Podcast, runs the onCUE Center of Liberation, and teaches the Searching for a True Move method.
As an educator Quilan has served numerous institutions by foregrounding the value of Street/Club Dance, Panafrican, and Biblical philosophies through dance. He is currently a faculty member at the University of Texas- Austin and Rutgers University teaching Contemporary Hip-hop and House dance techniques, and professional development. Additionally, Quilan hosts an online Hip-Hop course, Get Groovy. View Quilan’s work at www.cue4christ.com and onCUE
Company’s work at www.oncuechronicles.com.