Judith Jamison
Judith Ann Jamison (born May 10, 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American dancer and choreographer, best known as the Artistic Director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Read more about Judith Jamison: Early Training, Performance Career, The Jamison Project, Return To Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, Choreography By Jamison, Writing, Awards
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“People come to see beauty, and I dance to give it to them.”
—Judith Jamison (b. 1944)
“Q: What would have made a family and career easier for you?
A: Being born a man.”
—Anonymous Mother, U.S. physician and mother of four. As quoted in Women and the Work Family Dilemma, by Deborah J. Swiss and Judith P. Walker, ch. 2 (1993)
“I’ve always felt that complement of opposites: body and soul, solitude and companionship, and in the dance studio, contraction and release, rise and fall.”
—Judith Jamison (b. 1943)