As a dancer, you really try to stay true to whatever the choreographer/artistic director is giving you. So, now the shoe is… — 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… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
As long as there are dancers around who love to dance, there will be an Alvin Ailey American Dance Company. We miss… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
If you look at a dancer in silence, his or her body will be the music. If you turn the music on,… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
I don't think of myself as a leader. I am, but I don't think of myself that way. I'm not trying to… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
Maybe its a generational thing, but I never wanted to be the best black dancer in the world. I just wanted to… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
I could say now at 66, yeah, I was a fabulous dancer. I was really terrific, you know. But I was always… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
I haven't had a family, but I don't think of that as a sacrifice: my dancers are my family. — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
Maybe it's a generational thing, but I never wanted to be the best black dancer in the world. I just wanted to… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
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
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
