Dance legend Judith Jamison still has one foot in `Mother Bethel'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: May 10, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Melissa Dribben

PHILADELPHIA _ Judith Jamison walks through the streets of Philadelphia in comfortable anonymity.

This icon of American dance, the artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, dancer and choreographer, a living legend who has been honored by presidents, worshiped by aspiring young performers and named a queen mother in Ghana, roams freely about the city without paparazzi stalking or fans asking for autographs or strangers gawking.

The woman turns heads, of course.

Majestic at 5-foot-10, Jamison wears a tightly woven crown ...

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