| LC control no. | n 81064289 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Jamison, Judith |
| Biography/History note | Individual was a National Medal of Arts recepient. |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 19430510 |
| Place of birth | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| Affiliation | American Ballet Theatre Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Philadelphia Dance Academy Swedish Royal Ballet Bejart's Ballet of the Twentieth Century Jamison Project (Firm) |
| Profession or occupation | Dancers Choreographers Educators |
| Found in | Maynard, O. Judith Jamison, aspects of a dancer, 1982 (subj.) t.p. (Judith Jamison) Black Women in America, Second Edition, accessed February 18, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Jamison, Judith; dancer, choreographer / dance director, educator; born 10 May 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; enrolled in the Philadelphia Dance Academy; made her professional debut with the American Ballet Theatre (1964); accepted an offer to join the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; appeared as a guest artist with the Swedish Royal Ballet (1972), the American Ballet Theatre (1976), the Vienna State Opera (1977), and Bejart's Ballet of the Twentieth Century (1979); left the AAADT to appear on Broadway in Sophisticated Ladies; she launched her own company, the Jamison Project (1988); was named artistic director of the AAADT; part of the Women's Choreography Initiative; was a recipient of the Women of the Arts Award (1992), the Kennedy Center Honors Award (1999), and the Alger H. Meadows Award (2001); received the National Medal of the Arts (2001)) |
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