Choreographer

Judith Jamison

American dancer and choreographer (1943–2024)

Born 1943 · PhiladelphiaDied 2024United States
Judith Jamison
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Judith Jamison was an American choreographer, born in 1943 in Philadelphia, who died in 2024.

Biography

Judith Ann Jamison (; 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. She later returned to be the company's artistic director from 1989 until 2011, and then its artistic director emerita. She received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1999, the National Medal of Arts in 2001, and the Handel Medallion, New York City's highest cultural honor, in 2010.

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Contemporaries

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Beth Soll

Dancer and choreographer

1943
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Michael Bennett

American choreographer (1943-1987)

1943–1987
Lar Lubovitch

Lar Lubovitch

American choreographer, founder of the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company

1943
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Kathryn Posin

American choreographer

1943
Carolyn Carlson

Carolyn Carlson

American dancer

1943
Toni Basil

Toni Basil

American singer, actress, choreographer, dancer, and director (born 1943)

1943
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Carolyn Adams

American dancer, educator (b. 1943)

1943
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Emile Ardolino

U.S. American film director, choreographer, and producer (1943-1993)

1943–1993

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