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Dancers use their bodies in extraordinary ways, so we are chronically pre-arthritic, because of how we use our muscles and our bones.
I believe in being prepared. I'm going to say that. Pray, prepare, proceed.
I'm very smart when it comes to choosing dancers and trying to show the world that there's a whole lot of dancing going on.
I've had a really charmed life, you know. Things always come to me - they just do.
You have to dance unencumbered. There's no other way to move. The idea of dance is freedom. It is not exclusiveness, it's inclusiveness.
As long as there are dancers around who love to dance, there will be an Alvin Ailey American Dance Company. We miss him so much, but he's alive... →
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... →
My idea for the Jamison Project was rather like a pickup company. The idea was to give the dancers a taste of the menu. Today, dancers need to try as... →
I went to an audition for a Harry Belafonte Roaring Twenties special for choreographer Donald McKayle, but I failed.
If people all over the world, year after year, request that you do 'Revelations,' you do 'Revelations.'
Maybe it's a generational thing, but I never wanted to be the best black dancer in the world. I just wanted to be the best.
Strive for perfection. Nobody's going to be perfect on this earth. But strive for perfection.
The world is full of ways for people to dance. Concert dance doesn't get its due.
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