Jones-Haywood Dance School featured in latest FOX 5 special

WASHINGTON - Jones-Haywood Dance School, a ballet school in Northwest, DC has been training ballerinas for over 80 years. 

Named after its founders, Doris Jones and Claire Haywood, the dance school has created dance stars that have gone on to perform professionally.

FOX 5 DC spoke to the current owner, Sandra Fortune-Green, an alumnus of the school who later went on to dance professionally in the FOX Local Original.

Fortune-Green alongside students, parents and teachers, opened up about the impact this school has had on their lives and how this intimate dance school has fostered life-long connections among their dance community.

Watch On Pointe: A DC Ballet Story only on FOX Local this Sunday. FOX LOCAL is your go-to place for news, top stories, local and national coverage. Streaming 24/7 coverage across the nation. Download now!