Jones-Haywood School of Ballet
The Jones-Haywood School of Ballet, now known as The Jones-Haywood Dance School, was founded in 1941 by Doris W. Jones and Claire Haywood in Washington D.C. to teach young dancers of color classical ballet.[1]
Its students have gone on to dance with Alvin Ailey , Philadanco, Dutch National Ballet, The Washington Ballet, Paul Taylor Dance Company, on Broadway, and also become choreographers, actors and dance educators.[2] Famous alumni include Chita Rivera, Hinton Battle, Sylvester Campbell, Louis Johnson and Sandra Fortune-Green.[3][4]
Jones and Haywood also founded the Capitol Ballet Company, a racially integrated professional ballet troupe that operated from 1961 to 1989. The school was also home to the Jones-Haywood Dancers.[5]
Haywood died in 1978 and Jones died in 2006. The school is now directed by Sandra Fortune-Green.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Doris Jones | The HistoryMakers". www.thehistorymakers.com. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
- ^ "Jones Haywood Dance School". www.joneshaywood.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
- ^ "Doris Jones | The HistoryMakers". www.thehistorymakers.com. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
- ^ Kaufman, Sarah L. (2016-03-15). "How Chita Rivera keeps dancing at 83, with 16 screws in her leg". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
- ^ "Doris Jones | The HistoryMakers". www.thehistorymakers.com. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
- ^ "Jones Haywood Dance School". www.joneshaywood.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- The Historymakers Biography of Doris W. Jones http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/doris-jones-39
- Washington Post article on Chita Rivera and Doris W. Jones https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/03/15/how-chita-rivera-keeps-dancing-at-83-with-16-screws-in-her-leg/
