births
May 10, 1943
Judith Jamison, American dancer and choreographer (died 2024)
Judith Jamison
Judith Ann Jamison was an American dancer and choreographer. She danced with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater from 1965 to 1980 and was Ailey's muse. She later returned to be the company's artistic director from 1989 until 2011, and then its artistic director emerita. She received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1999, the National Medal of Arts in 2001, and the Handel Medallion, New York City's highest cultural honor, in 2010.
May 10
May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 235 days remain until the end of the year.