Jones-Haywood School of Ballet

The Jones-Haywood Dance School, formerly known as The Jones-Haywood School of Ballet, was founded in 1941 by Doris W. Jones and Claire Haywood in Washington, D.C, to teach young dancers of color classical ballet.
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  • Type: School building
  • Description: dance school in DC
  • Also known as: Jones-Haywood Dance School
  • Address: 1200 Georgia Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20011

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sherman Circle and Embassy of Cambodia.

Park
Photo: Whubsch, CC0.
is an urban park and traffic circle in the Northwest neighborhood of Petworth at the intersection of Illinois Avenue, Kansas Avenue, 7th Street, and Crittenden Street NW.

Government office
The in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the to the . It is located at 4530 16th Street Northwest, Washington, D.C. in the neighborhood. is situated 2,900 feet west of Jones-Haywood School of Ballet.

Library
The Petworth Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in the neighborhood of , United States. It is located at 4200 Kansas Avenue NW. is situated 2,400 feet south of Jones-Haywood School of Ballet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Petworth and Brookland-Petworth-Takoma.

Neighborhood
Brookland, , and Takoma are three relatively quiet neighborhoods east of Rock Creek Park. Following the "White Flight" after desegregation and the 1968 riots, these neighborhoods were left underpopulated, overwhelmingly African-American, and much less wealthy than the , just across Rock Creek Park.

Brookland, Petworth, and Takoma are three relatively quiet neighborhoods east of Rock Creek Park. Following the "White Flight" after desegregation and the 1968 riots, these neighborhoods were left underpopulated, overwhelmingly African-American, and much less wealthy than the , just across Rock Creek Park.

Jones-Haywood School of Ballet

Latitude
38.94882° or 38° 56′ 56″ north
Longitude
-77.0274° or 77° 1′ 39″ west
Open location code
87C4WXXF+G2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 291770051
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­school
Wiki­data ID
Q20011303
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