Judith Jamison Quotes

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• You don't enter a dance studio and say "I can't do that." If you do, then why are you in the studio in the first… Dance
• The first time I started choreographing was in the dark, in my living room, with the lights completely out, to some popular music on the… Blast
• People come to see beauty, and I dance to give it to them. Beauty
• Dance is about never-ending aspiration. Aspiration
• I'm moved by contraries, by opposites, the strength that was my mother's eyes, the beauty of my father's hands. Beauty
• I could say now at 66, yeah, I was a fabulous dancer. I was really terrific, you know. But I was always present. I was… Always Present
• I went to an audition for a Harry Belafonte Roaring Twenties special for choreographer Donald McKayle, but I failed. Audition
• 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 other… Artistic
• Dancers use their bodies in extraordinary ways, so we are chronically pre-arthritic, because of how we use our muscles and our bones. Arthritic
• My idea for the Jamison Project was rather like a pickup company. The idea was to give the dancers a taste of the menu. Today,… Anyone
• Dancing is bigger than the physical body. Think bigger than that. When you extend your arm, it doesn't stop at the end of your fingers,… Arm

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