Judith Jamison, a dancer who became an international star as a member of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and who directed the troupe for more than two decades, building it into the most successful modern dance company in the U.S., died on Saturday. She was 81. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/09/arts/dance/judith-jamison-dead.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes