I want to know who you are as a person, and then I want you to develop as a whole human being. Judith Jamison More Quotes by Judith Jamison More Quotes From Judith Jamison If people all over the world, year after year, request that you do 'Revelations,' you do 'Revelations.' Judith Jamison year you people world One thing I cannot stand is when people say, 'Hi, how are you?' and they don't wait to hear how I am. They're just going through the motions. I say to people: 'Keep it human. Keep it alive. Don't turn into a robot.' You have to hear what the other person is saying clearly. Judith Jamison wait i-am you people Strive for perfection. Nobody's going to be perfect on this earth. But strive for perfection. Judith Jamison nobody earth perfection perfect I don't think of myself as a leader. I am, but I don't think of myself that way. I'm not trying to belittle what I do, but I think of myself as a dancer first. I'll always be a dancer. Judith Jamison i-am myself think leader The way Alvin Ailey has transformed modern dance and dance in general is the fact of variety. It's a cornucopia of ways to move. There are choreographers in the company as - as diverse, as different from each other as Donald McKayle and Bill T. Jones, or Jawole Zollar and John Butler, Lar Lubovitch, you know, and Judith Jamison. Judith Jamison know you dance way The world is full of ways for people to dance. Concert dance doesn't get its due. Judith Jamison concert dance people world People don't remember me for how high my legs went, even though they went up very high, and how many pirouettes I did. They don't remember me for that. They remember me and any other dancer because something touched them inside. It's an indelible memory on the heart and in the mind. Judith Jamison me mind heart people I went to an audition for a Harry Belafonte Roaring Twenties special for choreographer Donald McKayle, but I failed. Judith Jamison audition failed roaring special As a dancer, you really try to stay true to whatever the choreographer/artistic director is giving you. So, now the shoe is on the other foot and I have to trust everyone else - I have to trust the dancer. As I was trusted as a dancer, I trust my dancers. Judith Jamison true you trust giving
