While encouraged by her parents to study the piano and violin, Jamison gravitated towards ballet. She went on to study the techniques of African American dance pioneer Katherine Dunham.
A year later, Alvin Ailey invited Jamison to join the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, where she was featured in numerous productions, toured with the company to Africa and Europe and earned international acclaim for her signature performance of Cry , a fifteen minute solo piece written by Ailey for Jamison. That same year, Jamison began her own work as a choreographer.
Her efforts remain crucial in furthering the arts in the United States. Skip to content Judith Jamison. Do you find this information helpful? A small donation would help us keep this accessible to all. Forego a bottle of soda and donate its cost to us for the information you just learned, and feel good about helping to make it available to everyone! Tall by the age of six, Jamison was enrolled in dance classes by her parents in an effort to complement her exceptional height with grace.
Jamison decided on a career in dance only after three semesters of coursework in psychology at Fisk University, and she completed her education at the Philadelphia Dance Academy. Her greatest achievement as a dancer was an inspiring ability to seem supremely human and emotive within an elastic and powerful dance technique. DeFrantz "Jamison, Judith. New York, , pp. Jamison, Judith, with Howard Kaplan. Before his death in , Ailey asked Jamison to take over.
She led the company through a city global tour celebrating its 50th anniversary and passed the torch to her successor, Robert Battle, in The sense of non-recognition is still pervasive. No matter the decade, dance will always be tough, she said. Jamison finds joy in the new class of Ailey dancers and leadership and in her new role. If Ailey were still alive, Jamison believes he would be pleased with his company, particularly its extensive outreach and community programming.
0コメント