In this CBS Sunday Morning report that originally aired August 11, 2019, on the occasion of the dance group’s 60th anniversary, correspondent Rita Braver talked with dance icon and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Artistic Director Judith Jamison and her succeeding artistic director Robert Battle.
The incoming artistic director and director emeritus discuss the legacy of the innovative dancer and legendary choreographer Alvin Ailey. Jamison, who directed the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for more than two decades, joined the ancestors on Saturday, November 9, 2024 at the age of 81. – “Right On, Be Free”
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at 60 – Sunday Morning CBS (2019)
Judith Jamison; “Cry”; Photo by Max Waldman, 1976; Photo from Rob Corder, Flickr.
Judith Jamison in Cry. Photo by J. L. Vartoogian, courtesy DM Archives.
