The dance world is mourning the loss of 29-year-old Michaela DePrince, the beloved ballerina who went from an orphanage in Sierra Leone to the world’s top dance stages.
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‘A beautiful soul’: Tributes pour in for Michaela DePrince after beloved ballerina dies at 29
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Michaela DePrince died one day before her mother, family says
Ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who came to the United States from an orphanage in war-torn Sierra Leone and performed on some of the world’s biggest stages, has died, her family said in a statement.
Michaela Mabinty DePrince, the ballerina born during a civil war in Sierra Leone who performed in Beyonce’s ‘Lemonade’ music video died at 29 according to an announcement posted to her official Instagram page on Friday. No cause of death was reported.
Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who came to the United States from an orphanage in war-torn Sierra Leone and performed on some of the world’s biggest stages, has died. She was 29.
Michaela DePrince, the star ballerina and author who escaped war-torn Sierra Leone to become the youngest principal dancer at the Dance Theatre of Harlem, has reportedly died at 29.
The dance world is mourning the loss of 29-year-old Michaela DePrince, the beloved ballerina who went from an orphanage in Sierra Leone to the world’s top dance stages.
DePrince, born in Sierra Leone, lost both her parents during the country’s civil war. She became the youngest principal dancer at the Dance Theatre of Harlem and later joined the Boston Ballet.
Boston Ballet’s celebrated ballerina, 29-year-old Michaela DePrince, and her mother died a day apart, under sudden and unrelated circumstances, according to a family spokesperson.
Just one day after Boston Ballet principal soloist Michaela Mabinty DePrince died at the age of 29, her adoptive mother also passed away from an unrelated illness.
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