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For the third year, Angelina Darrisaw, a Steering Committee member for the Alvin Ailey Young Patron Circle, joined the Spirit Gala host committee. Proceeds from the annual spring gala provide scholarships for talented students of The Ailey School and support Ailey's innovative Arts In Education & Community Programs. The annual event, which takes place at Lincoln Center, features the Company, as well as students, and AileyCampers. Angelina joined Ailey to support an organizati

Earlier this week, the younger supporters of Alvin Ailey (known as the Young Patrons) got together to celebrate Ailey II, and I was asked to share some reflections on why Alvin Ailey is meaningful to me. I joined Alvin Ailey's Young Patron Circle in the fall of 2013, but my relationship with Alvin Ailey started long before then. I went once as a child. My great-grandmother, who had been a maid since the age of 13, wanted to expose her offspring to new experiences. I have a fe