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Judith Jamison, influential dancer and choreographer, dies at 81
Judith Jamison, an acclaimed dancer and choreographer who for two decades was artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, died on Saturday in New York at the age of 81.
Her death at New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center came after a brief illness, said Christopher Zunner, managing director of public relations at the dance company.
“We remember and are grateful for her artistry, humanity and incredible light, which inspired us all,” Zunner said.
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