The 2024 Gala features the magnificent Ailey II company at the Folly Theater. We will celebrate 40 years of dance, diversity, and arts education. A dinner celebration and the year's best dance party will follow at the Kansas City Marriott Downtown. Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey; To make dance accessible to all people by presenting the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Ailey II, teaching young people critical life skills through dance, and modeling interracial and multi-cultural community partnerships.