Once Upon A Time...

THERE was a 17 year old named Jamal Story. He won the Spotlight Award Scholarship, a prize lauded by all in the land, and balanced a 3.92 GPA, all while training rigorously with Adria Wilson, Oui Geometer Dance Company, and the modern dance godmother Lula Washington. As a teen Mrs. Washington saw the potential for greatness and ushered Jamal into her adult company, the Lula Washington Dance Theatre, where the seeds of integrity were planted into the phenomenal story that is Jamal’s life, love and pursuit of dance.  Continuing to excel under exceptional circumstances—he toiled arduously and prevailed in the second graduating class at the California Academy of Math and Science—Jamal fled to Dallas to earn dual degrees at  Southern Methodist University in Dance Performance and TV/Radio Communications. While there, Dallas Black Dance Theater and Fort Worth/Dallas Ballet opened up their doors for replacements and guest artist gigs.  Never one to leave his roots behind, Jamal continued his close ties to Lula, joining the company for various touring dates. Spellbound by movement, Jamal danced with acclaimed choreographer Donald Byrd/theGroup, Madonna's 2001 Drowned World Tour, Complexions  and with Cher as an aerialist and dancer on  Cher's Living Proof: The Farewell Tour. Immediately thereafter, he was summoned back into the studio with Donald Byrd to help discover the movement for the history-making Broadway show, The Color Purple  where he spent the duration of its run as a dancer and assistant dance captain. Seamlessly transferring from concert dance to Broadway, Jamal continued to defy expectations and broaden his horizons when he published his first novel 12:34 a slice novel.  Enchanted with the close knit Broadway community, he returned its forest as an original cast member yet again in Mr. Berry Gordy's Motown the Musical.  Jamal is a strong advocate for educating young artists about the changing landscape of dance. While on Cher's current Dressed to Kill , he remains active as the co-chair of the National Dance Committee for SAG-AFTRA, and holds a seat on the unions local New York Board. With his company, Schehimazade Productions,  he lives, ever after,  happily choreographing, teaching, writing and consulting as an independent contractor. 

Take a look at Jamal's dance novel, Toss in the Ether!

Dancer / aerialist

Jamal Story Dance Reel

Aerial Reel

Dance Resume

BROADWAY

Motown: the Musical  -  Warren Adams/Patty Wilcox

The Color Purple - Donald Byrd 

COMMERCIAL/THEATRICAL

Lana Del Rey - Alex Kaye

Classic Cher - . Denise Faye

Cher "Colosseum" -  Doriana Sanchez

Video Music Awards Promo  - Wade. Robson

Cher "The Farewell Tour"  -  Doriana Sanchez

Madonna "Drowned World Tour" - Jamie King

TELEVISION/FILM

The Gilded Age - John Carrafa

Etoile - Marguerite Derricks

The Marvelous Ms. Maisel - Marguerite Derricks

Smash - Josh Bergasse

Royal Pains - Jenn Rapp

Bolden - Bubba Carr / CiCi Kelly

The Metropolitan Opera Ballet

El Nino - Marjani Forté-Saunders

Grounded - David Neumann

Aida - Oleg Glushkov

Dallas Opera Ballet

Romeo and Juliet - Vincent Chaillet

The Pearl Fishers - Ebony Adams

CONCERT DANCE

  Complexions  - D. Rhoden, D. Richardson

Spectrum Dance Theatre - D. Byrd 

Donald Byrd/the Group - D. Byrd

Leah Glenn Dance Theatre - L. Glenn

Daniel Gwirtzman - D. Gwirtzman

  Fort Worth/Dallas Ballet - B. Houk

  Dallas Black Dance Theater - A. Williams

  Lula Washington Dance Theater  - L. Washington

   TRAINING

   SMU, BFAs:  Dance Performance, TV/RadioCommunications

Jamal is a choreographer and educator who has taught for conventions, universities and dance companies. Not Unlike his dance journey, jamal’s choreographic experience runs the gamut, from LED panel suit manipulation to Joplin-scored ballet. Request  

What the industry said -

Broadway World "Gotta Dance" Feature

Review from The Hockaday School 

Dallas News Article 

SMU Magazine Article

Jamal Story Choreography Reel

Choreographer Resume

COMMERCIAL/THEATRICAL 

Blue Man Group on ELLEN

Arena Stage Production of Senor Discretion Himself- Asst. Choreo. to D. Sanchez

CONCERT

Las Vegas Contemporary Dance Theater

  (hop)Scotch on the Rocks

Luminario Ballet  

If the Wall Could Scream

Lula Washington Dance Theater
Recruitment 

Adiarys Almeida and Joseph Gatti

Nothing 

Kathy Chamberlain Ballet

  the troubled spaces in between

 Lead

SOLO 

The Problem of Homeless Veterans concept: Francesca Harper from "Obamania"  

Schehimazade Productions

 Inspired by the brave, maiden storyteller who saved an empire with her tales, Schehimezade Productions is dedicated to the creation, development and fruition of art rooted in storytelling.   Not limited to dance but geared toward performing arts, Schehimezade Productions seeks to usher forward projects both big (stage tours) and small (special events) through writing, consulting and choreographing.