She left the Ailey troupe to pursue a Broadway career in 1981, but when Ailey died in 1989, she returned to the company to become its artistic director, and she has been in that position since then.
Monday, December 15, 2008
The Beauty of Dance, Part Two: Judith Jamison
Judith Jamison is associated more with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, which she originally joined in 1965, than anyone except Alvin Ailey himself.
She left the Ailey troupe to pursue a Broadway career in 1981, but when Ailey died in 1989, she returned to the company to become its artistic director, and she has been in that position since then.
She left the Ailey troupe to pursue a Broadway career in 1981, but when Ailey died in 1989, she returned to the company to become its artistic director, and she has been in that position since then.
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