American dancer and choreographer Judith Jamison made her New York debut with the American Ballet Theatre in 1964. Jamison’s fame began to build when she joined the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre in 1965, the company of which she would become ar...

Writer and critic Susan Sontag was born in New York and grew up in Arizona and California. Sontag entered University of California Berkeley when she was fifteen, and subsequently studied at University of Chicago, Harvard, and the University of Paris....

Jacques d’Amboise (1934- ), recognized as one of the finest classical dancers of our time, has devoted his life to the arts and the promotion of arts education. Best known for his roles in American works such as Filling Station and Western Symphony...