Today’s guest is international superstar dancer/choreographer Judith Jamison. In 1964, at just 21 years old, Jamison made her dance debut in New York with the American Ballet Theater. She soon joined the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, eventually becoming the company’s principal dancer, then its artistic director, and, since 2011, she’s been artistic director emerita.

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• Judith Jamison
• Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
• Alvin Ailey
• Video: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performing Revelations

 

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