First Lady Michelle O. Hosts a Dance Tribute at the White House...



First lady Michelle Obama (in a Byron Lars dress and Azzedine Alaia belt) stood at the lectern as she welcomed the audience to a dance tribute to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Artistic Director Judith Jamison in the East Room of the White House in Washington, September 7, 2010. Click READ MORE below for more pics and FULL VIDEO from this event...




Linda Celeste Sims of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performed 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. First Lady Michelle O. 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.



US dancer and choreographer Judith Jamison smiles during a dance workshop in the East Room at the White House in Washington on September 7, 2010.



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Students from different dancing schools took part in a workshop in the East Room at the White House in Washington on September 7, 2010.



First Daughter Malia and Sasha arrived to attend 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.



US First Lady Michelle Obama embraced Judith Jamison 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.
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