Xanthe van Opstal was born in 1992 in the Netherlands.
She studied at the Vooropleiding Dans Venlo, and later graduated from Codarts, Rotterdam Dance Academy. She apprenticed at the Netherlands Dance Theater, and later worked with leading choreographers, amongst them are Marco Goecke, Johan Inger, Paul Lightfoot, Sol Leon, and others.
Xanthe joined Batsheva – the Young Ensemble in 2016