Maybe its a generational thing, but I never wanted to be the best black dancer in the world. I just wanted to be the best.
Judith JamisonSo many people dwell on negativity and I've survived by ignoring it: it dims your light and it's harder each time to turn the power up again.
Judith JamisonI'm moved by contraries, by opposites, the strength that was my mother's eyes, the beauty of my father's hands.
Judith JamisonThe first time I started choreographing was in the dark, in my living room, with the lights completely out, to some popular music on the radio. I put the radio on full blast and I started moving. I didn't know what it looked like. I didn't want to see it... I had to start in the dark.
Judith Jamison