Judith Jamison Quotes

Dance is bigger than the physical body. When you extend your arm, it doesn't stop at the end of your fingers, because you're dancing bigger than that; you're dancing spirit.
Judith Jamison

End, Dance, Body

Dancing is bigger than the physical body. Think bigger than that. When you extend your arm, it doesn't stop at the end of your fingers, because you're dancing bigger than that. You're dancing spirit.
Judith Jamison

End, Body, Spirit

Concert dance is the hardest kind of dance. We tour constantly, around the world, year in and year out. It just doesn't work for everybody. It's the lifestyle, it's the stamina, it's the love, it's the dedication, it's the commitment, it's all those words.
Judith Jamison

Love, Work, Words

Dance is not endangered - it will always find a way to express itself.
Judith Jamison

Find, Dance, Express

I haven't had a family, but I don't think of that as a sacrifice: my dancers are my family.
Judith Jamison

Family, Sacrifice, Dancers

I want to know who you are as a person, and then I want you to develop as a whole human being.
Judith Jamison

Human, Person, Whole

I was a protege; by the age of 10, I was studying with ballet choreographer Anthony Tudor in a class of adults.
Judith Jamison

Age, Studying, Class

I've been in a competitive situation almost all my life. I've been having a competition with myself and trying to be the best I could be.
Judith Jamison

Life, Best, Trying

I've danced all over the world, and people are people. We cannot cut off from each other in life. In order to lead, you can't do that.
Judith Jamison

Life, Cannot, Off

People come to see beauty, and I dance to give it to them.
Judith Jamison

Beauty, Give, Dance

The word 'suffering' is not in my vocabulary.
Judith Jamison

Suffering, Word, Vocabulary

We can go on talking about racism and who treated whom badly, but what are you going to do about it? Are you going to wallow in that or are you going to create your own agenda?
Judith Jamison

Racism, Talking, Create

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Dancer

Born: May 10, 1943

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