Coming to England as a youth in 1950, Josephs began his career as a professional dancer with Les Ballets Nègres.

[5] He studied many forms of dances with various renowned teachers in the field: Indian with Ram Gopal, Spanish with Elsa Brunelleschi and Caribbean and African with Ben Johnson and Obie Shelankey.

[6] He set up a company during the sixties called Elroy Josephz Productions, which performed in cabarets in Madrid.

[9] On TV, he featured in ITV Play of the Week, Sunday Night Theatre, Dixon of Dock Green, Doctor Who (Season 4 premiere The Smugglers), Adam Adamant Lives!, The Wednesday Play, Theatre 625, Love Thy Neighbour, Stage 2 and Brideshead Revisited.

[13] Over 2013-2014, the Slavery museum held an exhibition called British Dance: Black Routes which featured Josephs' relatively untold story and a display dedicated to the dancer.