Judith Jamison News

 
Never Stand Still
Variety
With: Merce Cunningham, Judith Jamison, Paul Taylor, Suzanne Farrell, Frederic Franklin, Bill Irwin, Mark Morris, Shantala Shivalingappa, Rasta Thomas, Joanna Haigood. Narrator: Bill T. Jones "Never Stand Still," Ron Honsa's docu about Jacob's Pillow, ...


 
CL Charlotte
Watch out, Spoleto — Ailey Dance is on fire
CL Charlotte
The regal artistic director who guided Ailey to dizzying heights, Judith Jamison, has retired — or faded into the background as director emerita. There's a new sheriff in town, Robert Battle, and he's leading the troupe into new frontiers.

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Las Vegas Contemporary Dance Theater marking anniversary, Smith Center debut
Las Vegas Review-Journal
But despite the connections between various choreographers and his own dance history, Gaddis says he's "not trying to re-create the past" - or his work with Ailey and Ailey's equally legendary successor, Judith Jamison. "We're also bringing something ...


 
Alvin Ailey company, now led by Robert Battle, returns to Charleston for ...
Charleston Post Courier
After Ailey died in 1989, the company was taken over by the regal Judith Jamison, one of his best dancers and a strong leader who carried his vision for another two decades, keeping both the company and the elite school running like a top.

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Charleston City Paper
Alvin Ailey's new artistic director stretches boundaries during inaugural season
Charleston City Paper
Battle is 100 percent on board with this idea, which, no doubt, is a large part of why he was personally selected by the outgoing artistic director, Judith Jamison, to lead this most well-known of American dance institutions. Though it's still early in ...

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Local students win writing contest
Brandywine East Community News
Rose, 16, a sophomore at Dover High School, wrote about dancer and choreographer Judith Jamison, who won the award for dramatic arts. "Meeting the honorees has inspired me and made me ask myself what I could do in my community," Rose said.


 
New York Times
'Never Stand Still,' a History of Jacob's Pillow
New York Times
In blocks, choreographers like Mark Morris, Bill Irwin, Judith Jamison and Nikolaj Hübbe give these talks, interspersed with segments of their work. The dances themselves are entertaining, and the cameras occasionally catch that electrifying moment ...

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