Dancing Spirit

Dancing Spirit

Judith Jamison is, in every sense, a toweringÂ Â figure. Her commanding physical presence andÂ Â extraordinary technique have made her not only aÂ Â superstar of American dance and an innovator in her field,Â Â but also an inspiration to African Americans, toÂ Â women, and to people of all origins around theÂ Â world. Last November, Doubleday publishedÂ Â Dancing Spirit, this remarkable woman'sÂ Â autobiography. Now, with Anchor's paperbackÂ Â publication, an even wider audience can trace the steps ofÂ Â her career: her early years in Philadelphia, whereÂ Â she began studying dance at the age of six, herÂ Â discovery by Agnes de Mille; years of frustrationÂ Â and struggle in a field that favored petite, fair,Â Â White women; her legendary collaboration with AlvinÂ Â Ailey; her work on Broadway in the musicalÂ Â Sophisticated Ladies ; the formation ofÂ Â her own company, the Jamison Project, and herÂ Â retum to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater asÂ Â artistic director after its founder's death in 1989.Â Â Dancing Spirit contains vividÂ Â portraits of many artists Jamison has worked withÂ Â including Agnes de Mille, Alvin Ailey, Jessye Norman,Â Â Geoffrey Holder, Carmen de Lavallade, and MikhailÂ Â Baryshnikov, to name only a few. And Jamison talksÂ Â frankly about the price exacted by a dancer'sÂ Â nomadic life--rootlessness, fleeting relationships,Â Â the obsession with physical beauty. Illustrated withÂ Â sixty photographs, Dancing SpiritÂ Â is a candid and immediate self-portrait of aÂ Â unique American artist whose work has left an indelibleÂ Â mark on the world ofÂ Â dance.

From the Trade Paperback edition.
Country USA
Brand Doubleday
Manufacturer Doubleday
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 1993-11-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780385425575

Country	USA
Brand	Doubleday
Manufacturer	Doubleday
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	1993-11-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780385425575

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