BIO
Jamal Josef, an Oakland, CA native, was raised in a family of entertainment. With his father as a professional musician and entertainer, he developed the gifts of singing and dancing. At age eleven, he expressed his artistry in church, involving himself in the church choir and dance team, and performing in musicals and plays. His first major stage performance was at 12-year-old as Jesus in a musical adaptation of the story of Jesus Christ called The Promise by Jan Dargatz & Gary Rhodes.
As a teen Jamal Josef performed with gospel artists Kirk Franklin, Brent Jones, and Tonex. As a member of Ritmos Urbanos, his high school dance team, he performed for a national championship soccer game in 2006. He also founded his high school step team, The DeSoto Steppers and it was at this point that he began to recognize his passion for dance.
Jamal Josef received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications from Voorhees College in 2010. At Voorhees, he directed the model troupe, the school dance team, and was president of his fraternity chapter, the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., in which he was elected step master. After graduation he moved to Atlanta to begin a professional career in the performing arts. He studied with the Ballethnic Dance Company dancing in the piece Jazzy Sleeping Beauty and in the company’s world premiere ballet Flyin’ West.
Jamal Josef relocated to New York City, where he made an imprint with furthering his talents. He performed in Kat Wildish NY Performance showcase in a scene from Romeo & Juliet and a scene from Giselle. He started teaching dance, art and stepping throughout the boroughs of New York choreographing his first major piece Man vs. Earth. Mixing the styles of West African and Stepping, he broke through to the audience, bringing a new style of performance. Jamal Josef was also an instructor at Broadway Dance Center and Millennium Dance Complex Philadelphia.
Currently residing in Los Angeles, Ca. Jamal Josef career has really taken off. He has worked with Metro Boomin, Future, 21 Savage, John Legend, CNN Juneteenth Celebration Tribute with VP Kamala Harris, TIAA Bank Commercial, Cece Penniston, Sparks and Sparks Kids, Dicks Sporting Goods with Stephan Twitch Boss, Pre Game Super Bowl LV1, The Today Show, Kelly Clarkson Show, Da Baby, Buddy, Danity Kane’s D. Woods, Dose LeBron James The Musical, CBS/Lexus Pre-Grammy Highlight with Danity Kane’s Dawn Richard, J. Lo/NBC Season 1 World of Dance, Ray J, Lenny Williams, The Walls Group, BET Awards 2019 w/ Regina Hall, Raphael Saadiq’s Jimmy Lee Project, The Trumpet Awards 2020 for Wanda Sykes and Faith Evans, Buddy, Jordin Sparks, and choreography for America’s Got Talent S15: Divas and Drummers of Compton. His biggest accomplishment to date is his additional choreography for the iconic Beyonce at Coachella 2018.