Haute Living - Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award
Yesterday was certainly a proud one for Judith Jamison, artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Yesterday was certainly a proud one for Judith Jamison, artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
One of the most renowned figures in modern dance, Judith Jamison is celebrating her 20th year as artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
As a young boy, Glenn Allen Sims was more interested in singing than dancing. Then his school hired a new dance teacher.
International star and celebrated dance icon Renee Robinson credits her nearly three decades of experience with the Alvin Ailey Theater Company for helping stretch her in myriad ways.
The unforgettably tall and expressive dancer, who joined Alvin Ailey in 1965, is retiring as its artistic director next year. As she leads a nationwide tour this spring, she remembers the smells that kept her on her toes.
In the professional dancer's life, which is always circumscribed by the realities of aging, a sustained injury strikes some performers as a death sentence.
Over the last 45 years, Judith Jamison has been instrumental in the success of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater--first as a dancer with Ailey from 1965 to 1980, and, for the last 20 years, as the company's artistic director.
Dancer Matthew Rushing has been with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater since 1992, but he has only recently started spreading his wings as a choreographer.
For 20 years, Judith Jamison has not just tended the flame, but fueled the company so that it burns more brightly.
Her propulsive leaps across the stage could symbolize Constance Stamatiou's fast-rising career.