The first time I started choreographing was in the dark, in my living room, with the lights completely out, to some popular music on the radio. I put the radio on full blast and I started moving. I didn't know what it looked like. I didn't want to see it... I had to start in the dark.

It celebrates the journey of a woman coming out of a troubled and painful world and finding the strength to overcome and conquer. Jamison also continued to choreograph and created dances such as ‘’Forgotten Time’’ ‘’Hymn’’ ‘’Love Stories’’ and ‘’Among Us’’ for the company. Jamison spent the next thirteen years dancing with Alvin Ailey Dance Theater and learned over seventy ballets.

Judith Ann Jamison (born May 10 1943 Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is an American dancer and choreographer best known as the Artistic Director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.