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Judith Jamison‌

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Judith Jamison

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Judith Jamison

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1943-05-10

Popularity

star1.6

Biography

Judith Ann Jamison (born May 10, 1943) is an American dancer and choreographer. She is the artistic director emerita of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Judith Jamison was born in 1943 to Tessie Brown Jamison and John Jamison Sr. and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with her parents and older brother. Her father taught her to play the piano, and violin. She was exposed to the prominent art culture in Philadelphia from a very early age. At the age of six, she began her dance training at Judimar School of Dance. There she studied with Marion Cuyjet who became one of Jamison's early mentors. Under Cuyjet's tutelage, Jamison studied classical ballet, and modern dance. The Judimar studios were treated as a "holy place" and there was always a sense of performance and theatricality in Cuyjet's classes. By the age of eight, Jamison began dancing on pointe and started taking classes in tap, acrobatics, and Dunham technique (which was referred to as "primitive"). A few years later, Cuyjet began sending Jamison to other teachers to advance her dance education. She learned the Cechetti method from Antony Tudor, founder of the Philadelphia Ballet Guild, and studied with Delores Brown Abelson, a graduate of Judimar who pursued a performance career in New York City before returning to Philadelphia to teach. Throughout high school, Jamison was also member of numerous sports organizations, the Glee Club, and the Philadelphia String Ensemble. She studied Dalcroze Eurhythmics, a system that teaches rhythm through movement. At the age of 17, Jamison graduated from Judimar and began her collegiate studies at Fisk University. After three semesters there, she transferred to the Philadelphia Dance Academy (now the University of the Arts) where she studied dance with James Jamieson, Nadia Chilkovsky, and Yuri Gottschalk. In addition to her technique classes, she took courses in Labanotation, kinesiology, and other dance studies. During this time, she also learned the Horton technique from Joan Kerr, which required great strength, balance, and concentration. In 1992, Jamison was inducted into Delta Sigma Theta sorority as an honorary member. In 1964, after seeing Jamison in a master class, Agnes de Mille invited her to come to New York to perform in a new work that she was choreographing for American Ballet Theatre, The Four Marys. Jamison immediately accepted the offer and spent the next few months working with the company. When the performances ended and she found herself in New York without a job, Jamison attended an audition held by Donald McKayle. She felt that she performed very poorly in the audition and claimed, "I felt as if I had two left feet." However, a few days later, a friend of McKayle's, Alvin Ailey, called Jamison to offer her a place in his company – Alvin Ailey Dance Theater. ... Source: Article "Judith Jamison" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Movie Credits

Alvin Ailey: Memories and Visions

Alvin Ailey: Memories and Visions‌
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calendar 1974

Batouk

Batouk‌
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calendar 1968

Richard Strauss - Josephs Legende

Richard Strauss - Josephs Legende‌
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calendar 2007

An Evening with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

An Evening with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater‌
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calendar 1986

A Tribute to Alvin Ailey

A Tribute to Alvin Ailey‌
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calendar 1990

Ailey

Ailey‌
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calendar 2021

Night of 100 Stars

Night of 100 Stars‌
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calendar 1982

Tv Credits

The Cosby Show

The Cosby Show‌
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calendar 1984

The Kennedy Center Honors

The Kennedy Center Honors‌
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calendar 1978

American Masters

American Masters‌
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calendar 1986

Tamron Hall

Tamron Hall‌
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calendar 2019

Trailblazer Honors

Trailblazer Honors‌
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calendar 2014

Numéro un

Numéro un‌
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calendar 1975