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Judith Ann Jamison (born May 10, 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American dancer and choreographer, best known as the artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is a Modern dance company based in New York New York.

Jamison began studying dance at age 6. She graduated from Germantown High School in 1961, and attended Fisk University at the age of 15 and the Philadelphia Dance Academy. Germantown High School is a secondary school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fisk University is a historically-black university in Nashville, Tennessee, U In 1964, Agnes de Mille invited Jamison to dance in her ballet "The Four Marys" at the American Ballet Theatre. Agnes George de Mille ( September 18, 1905 &ndash October 7, 1993) was an American Dancer and Choreographer See also American Ballet Theatre, based in New York City, was one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century Jamison moved to New York City in 1965 and joined the Alvin Ailey company. The City of New York She soon became a principal dancer for Ailey and remained with the company until 1980. Among her notable roles were "The Prodigal Prince" (1967), "Masekela Language" (1969), and especially "Cry" (1971), a 15-minute solo piece. Hugh Ramopolo Masekela (b Witbank, South Africa, April 4, 1939) is a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist She married fellow Ailey dancer Miguel Godreau in 1972; they divorced two years later. In 1976, she danced with Mikhail Baryshnikov in Ailey's "Pas de Duke," set to the music of Duke Ellington. Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov (Михаил Николаевич Барышников (born January 27, 1948) is a Soviet -born Russian Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29 1899 &ndash May 24 1974 was an American Composer, Pianist, and Bandleader.

In 1980, Jamison left the Alvin Ailey company to star in the Broadway musical Sophisticated Ladies, also based on Ellington's music. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Sophisticated Ladies is a musical Revue based on the Music of Duke Ellington. During the 1980s, she began choreographing her own works. When Alvin Ailey died in 1989, Jamison was named artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Alvin Ailey Jr ( January 5, 1931 &ndash December 1, 1989) was an American Modern dancer and Choreographer She has choreographed many works for the company since then.

Jamison's numerous awards include Kennedy Center Honors (1999) and the National Medal of Arts (2001). The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to artists in the performing arts The National Medal of Arts is an award and title created by the Congress of the United States in 1984 for the purpose of honoring artists and patrons of the arts She won a prime time Emmy Award and an American Choreography Award for Outstanding Choreography for the PBS "Great Performances: Dance In America" special, "A Hymn for Alvin Ailey. The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the " She wrote an autobiography, "Dancing Spirit", published in 1993.

She is an honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. Delta Sigma Theta ( ΔΣΘ) Sorority is a Non-profit Greek letter organization of college educated women who perform public service placing emphasis on the

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