>> it says something about genius of alvin ailey when people are still talking about it. we connected to your core as a human being, and we happened to do it through excellent dance. >> reporter: before ailey died in 1989, he asked judith to take the reigns as artistic director. for the next 21 years, at a time when several dance companies stalruggled to stay afloat, she took the company to new heights. to celebrate her 50th anniversary, the ailey dancers are bringing "cry" back to the stage for the first time in nearly a decade. >> she turned it into this brilliant piece. and she trusts me to carry the torch. >> reporter: jamison is still active with the company but pass td torch to robert battle. >> she took the company to heights mr. ailey probably went, wow, this doesn't feel like a job, it feels like a calling. >> reporter: battle is forever grateful for judith jamison who is, in many ways, like a mother to him now. in fact, a lot of dancers feel that way. >> she's like the glue that holds everything together. seeing her comes so many other images, you know, of the p

the alvin ailey theater has captivated audiences in six countries. >> the woman who played a pivotal role in the theater's success. >> it's impossible to think about the alvin ailey dance theater without mentioning judith jamison. 50 years on the job. >> the reason you remember seeing the dances is, yes, they're fabulous. they have extraordinary technique. but there is something that touched you inside deeply, and that's what mr. ailey was about. >> reporter: back in 1958, at a new york city ymca, on the cusp of the civil rights movement, alvin ailey had a vision and founded the alvin ailey american dance theater. >> there were prejudices and biases going on in this country. when he formed a company that said, yes, i will celebrate our african-american experience, and our cultural expression. >> alvin ailey said beautifully, dance coming from the people and should always be delivered back to the people. that accessibility that celebrates our common humanity that theater.jamison, standing nearly 6 fetalet al -- tall joined the theater. she became a star. this ballet is why, called "cr

had a vision and founded the alvin ailey american dancetheater. >> there were prejudices and biases going on in this country. when he formed a company that said, yes, i will celebrate our african-american experience, and our cultural expression. >> alvin ailey said beautifully, dance coming from the people and should always be delivered b bk to the people. that accessibility that celebrates our common humanity is what ties us all together in that theater.jamison, standing nearly 6 fetalet al -- tall joined the theater. she became a star. this ballet is why, called "cry." the performance on posteres everywhehe, including my bed growing up. >> i had the "cry" poster forever. what what about dance brings people to tears? >> it connected to your core as a human being, and we happened to do it through excellent dance. >>>>eporter: before ailey died in 1989, he asked judith to take the reigns as artistic director. for the next 21 years, at a time when several dance companies struggled to s sy afloat, she took the company to new heights. to celebrate her 50th anniversary, the ailey dancers

steve: with roots at the alvin ailey american center, they run deep. the beauty she inspires has delighted audiences for decades. >> the dancer is music. to life. my name is judith jamison. i'm the former director of the alvin ailey american dance center. center. if a dancer's worth their weight, you'll see them in life motion and you're breath will be taken away. i was born in 1943. it was a very, very intense time in philadelphia artistically, spiritually, emotionally, racially. i was growing up with mother's day parades on new year's eve with people in black face. there were things going on there that i'm glad i grew up with. all of those things colored my career. people ask me sometimes, well, did you know you wanted to be a dancer? it wasn't a matter of wanting to be a dancer. i needed to be a dancer. i didn't know that, but it came to me. there are always people before you that just inch the door open a little bit more so you can get a foot in. alvin ailey gave that to all of us because we're living on his afterburn. all the good things that he d

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robert battle's journey to alvin ailey. welcome. >> thank you so much. >> i know you have been busy, busy, busy on the road and so forth and getting busy for the season coming up for the holidays. but your book is out. it's on the store shelves now. >> yes, amazing. >> tell me, how does this make you feel? you must be so excited. >> as someone who grew up around books because the person who raised me was an english teacher for public school. so books were always a part of my life. i was always hearing those stories about langston hughes and people like that. so for me to have this physical record of me growing up, knowing that somebody will read that to their child or some child will read it and be inspired like i was, that really is humbling for me. >> is that why you chose this an aught tobiography? >> yes, so they can see people who reflected their lives that grew up in poor neighborhoods who never thought they would have the opportunity. or like me, growing up bow legged. >> i'm bow legged. >> i had to have the braces a

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