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Judith Ann Jamison (/ ˈ d ʒ æ m ɪ ˌ s ə n /; [2] May 10, 1943 – November 9, 2024) was an American dancer and choreographer. She danced with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater from 1965 to 1980 and was Ailey's muse.
Sophisticated Ladies opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on March 1, 1981, and closed on January 2, 1983, after 767 performances and fifteen previews. The musical was conceived by Donald McKayle, directed by Michael Smuin, and choreographed by McKayle, Smuin, Henry LeTang, Bruce Heath, and Mercedes Ellington.
Renowned dancer and choreographer Judith Jamison died Saturday after a brief illness, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater announced. She was 81.
Judith Jamison joined Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1965 and served as one of its most prominent soloists for 15 years. Before his death, Ailey appointed her artistic director.
In 1965, Judith Jamison joined the company [19] and would later serve as the company's first artistic director after Alvin Ailey's death in 1989. [5] [20] In 1969, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performed at Broadway's Billy Rose Theater. [21]
Patten directed her first documentary in 1988. Dancemaker: Judith Jamison [3] was commissioned by WHYY-TV, Philadelphia and broadcast nationally on PBS.In 1990-91, she wrote and directed investigative magazine pieces for The Real Story, a national magazine show on CNBC Network News hosted by Cassandra Clayton and Boyd Matson.
Jamison is an English, Scottish or northern Irish name, literally meaning "son of James", ... Judith Jamison (born 1943), American dancer and choreographer;
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