Social Scene: Alvin Ailey Gala Raises $1.2 Million Plus
By February 14, 2024 0 783
•On Feb. 7, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s annual Washington, D.C. Gala Benefit marked the company’s week-long engagement at the Kennedy Center during Black History Month. Approximately 550 guests raised more than $1.2 million in support of Ailey’s Washington area programs, including the creation of new works, Ailey’s educational programs for young people and scholarships for local students to attend the Ailey School in New York City. The gala co-chairs were Lyndon Boozer, Sela Thompson Collins, Lisa Warner Wardell and Yelberton Watkins.