Jones-Haywood School of Ballet

Jones-Haywood School of Ballet (HM18JM)

Location: Washington, DC 20011
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 56.93', W 77° 1.628'

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African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC

1200 Delafield Place, N.W.
The Jones Haywood School of Ballet was founded here by Doris W. Jones and Claire H. Haywood in 1941. Their Capitol Ballet Company, established in 1961, remained the nation's only predominantly African American, professional ballet troupe through the 1960s. Students have included Chita Rivera, who created the role of Anita in West Side Story on Broadway; Louis Johnson, choreographer for Purlie and the movie version of The Wiz; and Sandra Fortune-Green, who in 1973 became the first black woman to participate in the International Ballet Competition. Fortune-Green, the former ballerina of the Capitol Ballet Company, went on to direct the Jones-Haywood School of Dance.
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HM NumberHM18JM
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Placed ByCultural Heritage DC
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Date Added Wednesday, October 15th, 2014 at 9:12am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 324332 N 4313052
Decimal Degrees38.94883333, -77.02713333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 56.93', W 77° 1.628'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 56' 55.80" N, 77° 1' 37.68" W
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Area Code(s)202
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 4804 Georgia Ave NW, Washington DC 20011, US
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