Choreographer Alvin Ailey launched his career in 1958 in a small New York hall with a troupe of eight dancers. By the early 1980s, spurred on by a coterie of Kansas City enthusiasts and arts patrons, he had planted a flag in Kansas City, bringing his company for regular performances and starting educational outreach programs that have grown exponentially ever since. On Wednesday, the Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey celebrated that fruitful relationship and watched a baton being passed.
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