NEW YORK — Judith Jamison, an internationally acclaimed dancer who later served as artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for two decades, has died. She was 81. Jamison died at a ...

When Ailey opens, the late Cicely Tyson comes into focus, standing glorious and regal on stage at the Kennedy Center for the Arts honoring the famed dancer and choreographer. Even then, at the tail ...

"In listening to the tapes Ailey conducted in the last year of his life, he articulates how much his commitment to dance required of him,” Jamila Wignot tells The Hollywood Reporter. By Scott Huver ...

“We remember and are grateful for her artistry, humanity and incredible light, which inspired us all,” Ailey spokesperson Christopher Zunner said. By The Associated Press Judith Jamison, an ...