By Niela Orr In 1999, when Michaela ... dance on my toes like this lady,” she thought. “I will be happy too!” Shortly after, she and her best friend were adopted by Elaine and Charles ...

Ballerina Michaela ... been given. DePrince made a remarkable journey from suffering as an orphan in war-torn Sierra Leone to numerous accolades in the world of international dance.

Ballet sustains in this lyrical homage emphasizing the early challenges that dancer Michaela Mabinty ... Using dance-filled language, Obuobi spotlights DePrince’s persistence through recurring ...

A spokesperson for Michaela DePrince’s family addressed the death ... Michaela, who had been a trailblazing ballerina who took the dance world by storm in 2011 when she starred in the ...

Ballet dancer Michaela ... dancer at the Dance Theatre of Harlem. She went on to dance for the Dutch National Ballet in the Netherlands before joining the Boston Ballet. DePrince, born Mabinty ...