Jamal Sterrett
  • Artist
  • Nottingham, UK
  • Improvisation

Autistic | performance | visual | movement artist

Improvisation and embodied practice. Site-specific research using Autism, Bruk Up, Mutation and Ballet.

134K
followers
472
posts
2015
Young Creative Award

Instagram figures, November 2026.

Jamal Sterrett mid-movement, low to the ground in an industrial yard at dusk
Black and white mirror selfie of Jamal Sterrett

About

Movement
as research.

Jamal Sterrett is a performance, visual and movement artist from St Ann's, Nottingham. His dancing grew out of Bruk Up, the street style that originates in Jamaica, and Flex.

In his own words, his practice is improvisation and embodied practice: site-specific research using Autism, Bruk Up, Mutation and Ballet. He told LeftLion back in 2017 that all of his dancing is improvised.

He makes performance and video work, teaches, and shares it with 134K followers on Instagram.

Selected

  1. 2015

    Young Creative Award

    Winner, Nottingham

  2. 2017
    LeftLion feature ↗

    Flex dancer Jamal Sterrett talks creative movement in Nottingham

  3. 2018
    The Melancholic Phoenix ↗

    Performance at TEDxUniversityofKent

  4. 2022
    LeftLion interview ↗

    On Bruk Up, his inspirations and the Young Creative Awards

  5. BBC
    Featured by the BBC ↗

    The Nottingham dancer who performs Bruk Up

Site-specific research

The four
materials

The four words from his bio. Pick one to see it move, or press Improvise for a random site and material.

Site 01 · Street 01 / 04

Autism

The first word in his bio, and the first material in his research.

Work

Sites & highlights

Contact

Commissions, workshops & performance.

For site-specific performances, video work, workshops and collaborations, message Jamal on Instagram or use the Email button on his profile.

What he brings

  • Improvised, site-specific performance
  • Bruk Up & Flex roots
  • Video work & teaching
  • 134K followers on Instagram

Partners

Collaborations