saying that.. "scared of what's ahead but thinking of you (Lana), I think I know I will be able to go on."
Alvin Ailey: Cry When Alvin Ailey's Cry premiered in 1971, Judith Jamison was praised for her tour-de- force 16-minute solo. An original New York Times review expressed that "She looks like an African goddess". Cry - originally a gift for Ailey's mother - was dedicated to "all black women everywhere, especially our mothers". This work, one of Ailey's greatest successes, evokes an emotional journey, as the performance depicts the struggles of African American women suffering the extraordinary hardships….