[3][2] Hall first performed on stage at age 16 in Robert Nathaniel Dett's production The Ordering of Moses at Griffith Stadium on July 28, 1950.
In 1951, Hall moved to Philadelphia where he studied dance; and in 1954 he became a principal dancer with the West African Cultural Society founded by Saka Acquaye.
[2][3] In an interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine in 1968, Hall recalls: "I had danced a little in school, even won some contests, but I didn't know any technique.
During his station in Germany, he worked with Argentinian filmmaker Jorge Preloran on the dance film about racism entitled, The Invictorious One.
[3] In 1968, he founded the Ife Ile Black Humanitarian Center on Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia (now the Village of the Arts).
On June 10, 2011, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and Mayor of Philadelphia Michael Nutter unveiled an historic marker honoring Hall's former Ife Ile Black Humanitarian Center which served as his dance studio and home; and proclaimed the day Arthur Lee Hall Appreciation Day.