About this Organization
AileyCamp is an innovative six-week summer program designed
to engage children ages 11–14. Through disciplined dance training,
creative writing instruction, personal development, and communication
workshops, campers develop a respect for themselves and others that
meaningfully impacts their lives.
Started by Alvin Ailey himself along with the Kansas City Friends of Alvin
Ailey in 1989, AileyCamps now operate in 10 cities across the country: