NBC New York - Alvin Ailey Artistic Director Transitions Positions
Judith Jamison's newest moves at famed NYC dance troupe.
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Broadway World - Judith Jamison To Be Celebrated During TARGET 20 NIGHT 12/3, All Seats $20
Judith Jamison will be celebrated as she begins her 20th year as Artistic Director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater with TARGET 20 Night - a special performance on December 3rd at 8pm with all tickets priced at $20, sponsored by Target.
City Arts - Modern Classics
Judith Jamison calls Clifton Brown “my muse,” and for her latest dance, Among Us (Private Spaces: Public Places), he is not only performing a pivotal solo role but also serving as her choreographic assistant. She developed her movement ideas with him before she began working with the full cast of 11.
Essence - Judith Jamison: Dancing Queen
Jamison joined the company as a dancer in 1965 and was the lead for 15 years.
Vogue - Dance: Judith Jamison and Alvin Ailey
“People come to see beauty, and I dance to give it to them,” Judith Jamison once said. Jamison may not be performing herself this year, but her particular brand of majestic sinuousness will dazzle audiences when Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrates its fiftieth anniversary—and Jamison’s twentieth as artistic director—with a special performance tonight to kick off their five-week New York season.
The New York Times - Judy, Judy, Judy
It's all about Judy, pardon me, Ms. Jamison, that is, tonight at City Center, where Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its esteemed artistic director.
Departures Magazine - Necessary Luxury
"I'm sixty-six now, so I'm trying to divest myself of a lot of stuff, but the things I carry on tour with me are my drawing materials: old fashioned China markers - the kind where you have to pull the string - and pads from Borden & Riley."
The New York Times - Don't Ask 'How Are You?' Unless You Mean It
Judith Jamison is about to begin her 20th year as artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
NIAOnline - Judith Jamison, Celebrates Her 20th Anniversary as Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
In the arts world, especially in the dance community, long term survival is never a certainty. Surviving a founder’s death is a noteworthy accomplishment. Thriving is a rarity.
Playbill - Ailey Celebrates Judith Jamison at NY City Center
Judith Jamison was a big, gangling girl no one in dance knew quite what to do with. Alvin Ailey discovered her when she stumbled against him, fleeing a failed Broadway audition soon after she arrived from Philadelphia to look for work in New York.