WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 07: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Artistic Director Judith Jamison observes a workshop with dance students from across the country in the East Room of the White House September 7, 2010 in Washington, DC. First Lady Michelle Obama is hosting The White House Dance Series: A Tribute to Judith Jamison to honor Jamison for her outstanding career as an American dancer, choreographer, and artistic director of the dance theater for the past 20 years.
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Students from different dancing schools take part in a workshop in the East Room at the White House in Washington on September 7, 2010. US First Lady Michelle Obama invited world renowned dance companies to perform at the Administration?s first event celebrating dance. The White House Dance Series: A Tribute to Judith Jamison will honor Jamison for her outstanding career as dancer, choreographer, and Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for the past 20 years.
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US First Lady Michelle Obama speaks during The White House Dance Series: A Tribute to Judith Jamison ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 7, 2010. Michelle Obama invited world renowned dance companies to perform at the Administration?s first event celebrating dance. The White House Dance Series: A Tribute to Judith Jamison will honor Jamison for her outstanding career as an American dancer, choreographer, and Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for the past 20 years.
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Linda Celeste Sims of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs during "The White House Dance Series: A Tribute to Judith Jamison" in the East Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 7, 2010. US First Lady Michelle Obama invited world renowned dance companies to perform at the Administration?s first event celebrating dance. The event was organized to tribute to Judith Jamison for her outstanding career as an American dancer, choreographer, and Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for the past 20 years.
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WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 07: The East Room of the White House is transformed into a dance studio during a workshop for students from across the country September 7, 2010 in Washington, DC. First Lady Michelle Obama is hosting the workshop with students from the Alvin Ailey School, Ballet Hispanico, Cab Calloway School of the Arts, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Interlochen Center for the Arts, the Washington School of Ballet, the National Dance Institute's New York, Colorado and New Mexico affiliates, the Chicago Multicultural Dance Center and the Philadelphia School for Creative and Performing Arts.
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Students from different dancing schools take part in a workshop in the East Room at the White House in Washington on September 7, 2010. US First Lady Michelle Obama invited world renowned dance companies to perform at the Administration?s first event celebrating dance. The White House Dance Series: A Tribute to Judith Jamison will honor Jamison for her outstanding career as dancer, choreographer, and Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for the past 20 years.
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WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 07: Malia Obama (L) and Sasha Obama (R) attend the first White House Dance Series with their mother, First Lady Michelle Obama, in the East Room of the White House September 7, 2010 in Washington, DC. The dance event was a tribute to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Artistic Director Judith Jamison, a famous modern dancer, choreographer and muse to Alvin Ailey.
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Linda Celeste Sims of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs during "The White House Dance Series: A Tribute to Judith Jamison" in the East Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 7, 2010. US First Lady Michelle Obama invited world renowned dance companies to perform at the Administration?s first event celebrating dance. The event was organized to tribute to Judith Jamison for her outstanding career as an American dancer, choreographer, and Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for the past 20 years.
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First Lady Michelle Obama hosts a tribute to renowned dancer, Judith Jamison, choreographer and artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010.
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Linda Celeste Sims of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs during "The White House Dance Series: A Tribute to Judith Jamison" in the East Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 7, 2010. US First Lady Michelle Obama invited world renowned dance companies to perform at the Administration?s first event celebrating dance. The event was organized to tribute to Judith Jamison for her outstanding career as an American dancer, choreographer, and Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for the past 20 years.
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WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 07: First Lady Michelle Obama embraces Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Artistic Director Judith Jamison during the first White House Dance Series in the East Room of the White House September 7, 2010 in Washington, DC. The dance event was a tribute Jamison, a famous modern dancer, choreographer and muse to Alvin Ailey.
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