The 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 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 JamisonMaybe 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 Jamison