City Dance Academy

JAMALE GRAVES
MTV Award Winning Choreographer
Directors' Bio:
Jamale Graves has choreographed several Broadway productions including
Village Wooing, Going Back Home, Martha Wash at Town Hall, and a special
season of Jamale Graves Live at Lincoln Center.

In addition, Jamale has choreographed numerous music videos, international
tours, television commercials, and motion films, such as The War starring Kevin
Costner, Red Corner starring Richard Gere, Condition Red starring Nicolas
Cage, and When We Were Kings: The Story of Muhammad Ali. For his
choreographic innovation, he has made guest appearances on Regis & Kathy Lee,
Good Morning America, Good Day New York, VH1’s Top 100 Videos, MTV’s Top
10 Dance Videos, and the MTV & BET Awards.

In addition to having been named MTV Choreographer of The Year and BET R&B
Choreographer of The Year, Jamale is a recipient of The Smithsonian Institute
Award for his choreography featured in A Woman Called Truth: The Story of
Sojourner Truth. He holds a Peabody Award for his feature in the PBS
documentary Dance in America: Everybody Dance Now, the Golden Rose Award
for Commercial of The Year featuring supermodel Claudia Schiffer, and numerous
American Music, Billboard, and Platinum Artist Awards. Jamale is proud to have
been part of the creative team to bring the Oscar Award winning film When We
Were Kings to the ‘silver screen’.

As Director of City Dance Academy Jamale Graves is currently using his creative
talents to inspire and develop the dance stars of our future.