The world is full of ways for people to dance. Concert dance doesn't get its due. — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
So many people dwell on negativity and I've survived by ignoring it: it dims your light and it's harder each time to… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
I want people to have their own visions for the dance. Some generations will sit back and relate to the music. And… — 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've danced all over the world, and people are people. We cannot cut off from each other in life. In order to… — 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
One thing I cannot stand is when people say, 'Hi, how are you?' and they don't wait to hear how I am.… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
I tell young people that people aren't just going to flock to you as your mentors. You have to seek them out.… — 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… — 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… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
If people all over the world, year after year, request that you do 'Revelations,' you do 'Revelations.' — 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
