Voguing with my son Diogo from Brazil
Jamal Milan | An iconic vogue dancer within the LGBTQ Ballroom Community. Hired as the Vogue Dance Teacher on the Emmy nominated FX network television series POSE. Internationally known as the "Blueprint" of the Oldway/Pop Dip & Spin and Face with Performance categories. He was born in Newark N.J. and is mixed with a Black and Puerto Rican background. Jamal Milan is not only an international trailblazer when it comes to being a reference or an influence for voguing Pop Dip & Spin the Oldway and Face with Performance, he is also a singer, mentor and a 3-time Ballroom Hall of Famer! Jamal is the inventor of the current Ballroom Status Criteria in April 2010, the One Hand Walk Around move and is proclaimed by many as Ballroom's, "Michael Jordan of Oldway/Pop, Dip & Spin and Face With Performance " and acknowledged as a G.O.A.T. of Vogue.
Jamal has been a freestyle dancer growing up as a teenager and he would often compete in freestyle dance battles in his neighborhood while growing up. In 1988, he learned how to do the new dance called VOGUE. Instantly falling in love with the style, he has been a Vogue dancer for over 30 years. Competing in the LGBTQ Ballroom Scenes "Balls" for the categories of Pop Dip and Spin the Oldway Performance, Team Performance and Face with Performance. With the many trophies and memorable moments under his belt, the Ballroom Community embraces him as a Ballroom ICON within the LGBTQ Ballroom Community. He is also known by many within the Ballroom Community as the Michael Jordan of Vogue Performance!
Casted in the off Broadway play about the LGBT Ballroom Scene “Newark Is Burning“ held at the NJPac.
Jamal currently hosts many public and private Vogue Dance workshops in America as well as internationally in places such as Finland, Asia, Italy and Amsterdam to name a few. He has also been casted in the TV Show pilot POSE as a principle dancer and for Season 2 he was hired as a Choreographer. POSE airs on the FX network.
To see him in action go to his Youtube page "Jamal Milan".
Handz4tenz Vogue Expo released 11/14/2019 by TENZMAG
Checkout a quick video of some of the Milan Oldway Squad in action! Jamal's Angels featuring Diogo Milan (Brazil), Christopher Milan (San Francisco) and K Milan (Korea).
The Icon Jamal Milan in Helsinki, Finland in January 2017. Jenni Milan 40&Flawless Ball and workshops. Old way and Face performance.
Jamal Milan | POSE Premiere Performance at the Hammerstein Ballroom May 8, 2018. You can hear the MC refer to Jamal as one of the Best Voguers in the World!
Role Call in Paris 2024 at the I Remember the Days Ball hosted by Legendary Yanou Ninja
Jamal was a part of the Vogue Dance Team at the NYC Dance Festival at Terminal 5. The show featured performances by Ludacris and T-Pain and hosted over 5000 people.
Amsterdam May 2018
AMSTERDAM - FACE WITH PERFORMANCE CLASS 2017