Dancing is being trusted with other people's guts; choreographing is trusting other people with yours. When I choreograph I'm giving a dancer… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
The way Alvin Ailey has transformed modern dance and dance in general is the fact of variety. It's a cornucopia of ways… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
You have to dance unencumbered. There's no other way to move. The idea of dance is freedom. It is not exclusiveness, it's… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
Dancing is bigger than the physical body. Think bigger than that. When you extend your arm, it doesn't stop at the end… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
You don't enter a dance studio and say "I can't do that." If you do, then why are you in the studio… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
I'm very smart when it comes to choosing dancers and trying to show the world that there's a whole lot of dancing going on. — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
I believe in spirit and then I believe a manifestation of spirit is dance — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
At 10, I could walk down the street and see over everybody's head. I don't remember being little or having to look up at… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
It's called the Ailey American Dance Theatre, not the Alvin Ailey African-American Dance Theatre. One thing also that Alvin wanted people to recognize, he… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
You wake up white, and you think about certain things every day. You wake up black, and you think about certain things. You wake… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
As a dancer, you really try to stay true to whatever the choreographer/artistic director is giving you. So, now the shoe is on the… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
Since babyhood, I've always evolved from one thing to another. My mother gave me ballet lessons at 6 as part of her enthusiasm for… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
I was a protege; by the age of 10, I was studying with ballet choreographer Anthony Tudor in a class of adults. — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
I can't really hear the audience applause when I'm on stage. I'm totally immersed in the piece. But sometimes I get a lot of… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
People don't remember me for how high my legs went, even though they went up very high, and how many pirouettes I did. They… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
It's never too early to teach your children about the tool of money. Teach them how to work for it and they learn pride… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
