Jamie King

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This article is about the male choreographer. For the actress and fashion model, see Jaime King. For the British actor, see Jamie King (actor).

Jamie King is a director and choreographer known primarily for his work with Madonna. Since 1996, he has served as the director and choreographer for many of her performances, including her appearances at both the 2001 and 2006 Grammy Awards, as well as her Re-Invention, Confessions, and Drowned World tours. He also directed the music video for her hit song, Sorry. For his work on Madonna's Drowned World Tour, King was nominated for the 2002 Emmy Award for outstanding choreography (along with Alexandre Magno and Debra Brown).

The beginning of King's career came with his 1993-1996 collaboration with Prince. In 1995, he was nominated for the Emmy Award for outstanding individual achievement in choreography for his work on Prince's appearance at the 22nd American Music Awards. King appeared as a backup dancer for Michael Jackson on his Dangerous World Tour. Since then, he also served as creative director for performances by Mariah Carey and Shakira.

King has directed a number of international tours including Christina Aguilera's 2006 Back to Basics Tour, Rain (entertainer)'s World Tour as well as the Spice Girls 2007-2008 Reunion world tour, The Return of the Spice Girls. Forthcoming tours also under his direction include tours of Kanye West and Celine Dion.^[1] He has also appeared as one of the celebrity judges on Dance Fever

King also released a book and DVD from Rodale titled ROCK YOUR BODY. Over the past three years, he has served as Nike's global spokesperson for their dance line, and created the gym-based Nike Rockstar Workout.

He is a judge on MTV's Rock the Cradle and was a guest judge on the season premiere of Bravo's Step It Up and Dance.