Arnold Quintane is a native of France, former Principal dancer for Miami City Ballet and is now responsible for directing the dancers during rehearsals. Mr. Quintane was trained at the Paris Opera Ballet School under the direction of Claude Bessy. After graduating he went on to dance with Belgium’s Royal Ballet of Wallonia, under the direction of Afro-Cuban choreographer Jorge Lefebvre, where he gained prominence as a Principal dancer. 

In 1991, he was invited by Edward Villella to join Miami City Ballet, where he danced principal roles in most of the company’s repertory. After retiring from the stage in 2001, he earned his BFA from New World School of the Arts/University of Florida and an MFA from Hollins University. During this time he was a teacher at The New World School of the Arts, where he was a rehearsal director on pieces by choreographers such as Garth Fagan, Merce Cunningham, and Paul Taylor, as well as creating several new works of his own.