O’Neil started began his formal/academic dance training at the Edna Manley College of Visual and Performing Arts where he graduated with a Diploma in Dance Education. He then attended the State University of New York - Brockport where he completed his Bachelor Degree of Fine Arts - Dance. His next stop was Laban here in the UK where he did an MA in Dance Choreography.
He articulates his artistic mission as follows:
“My mission is to
a) Impart both technical and theoretical knowledge of dances of the Caribbean to people of all nationalities and ages,
b) Foster appreciation of these traditional forms, and
c) Help catapult the transition from appreciation to acceptance as part of the international idiom of dance.”