Interview Q&A
How long have you been in business?
Since 1979
What is your primary product or service?
Offering dance classes and programs for children, teens and adults.
Our adult drop-in classes provide instruction for all levels of student, beginner through professional in a wide variety of genres.
How did you first become interested in your line of business? (if owner) - What is your background? (If owner or store manager)
In 1979, Jeannette Neill, a young and naive dancer, teacher and single mother, borrowed $50 from each of ten friends, and talked her way into a Back Bay lease. Buying some mirrors and a record player, she converted a former street-level post office on Belvidere Street into The Jeannette Neill Dance Studio. While her two small children played in a corner of the studio, Jeannette taught five classes a day, a total of seventeen classes a week! As she added to her faculty, she built the first and only studio in the area dedicated to jazz dance, and in its lifetime, the studio has benefitted from a voluminous faculty of the best dance educators in the world.
In 1996, having outgrown its space, the studio moved from Back Bay to its current location, in the heart of downtown Boston.
How many locations do you have and do you have plans to expand?
One
Provide detailed directions to your location
We are located at 261 Friend Street, across from the TD Boston Garden, in downtown Boston.
What type of payments do you accept?
Cash, checks and all major credit cards
Which areas do you service?
Boston, Greater-Boston and New England
What are your hours of operation?
Offer classes Monday through Saturday.