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.
Michaela DePrince, the famed dancer who went from an orphanage in Sierra Leone to the world’s best ballet stages, is being remembered as a "brilliant artist" and "beautiful soul" a day after her death was announced."Michaela touched so many lives across the world, including ours. She was an unforgettable inspiration to everyone who knew her or heard her story," her family said in a statement posted Friday on DePrince's social media accounts.
" She was also hand-picked by Beyoncé to star in her "Freedom" music video from the 2016 "Lemonade" album."We were so fortunate to know her; she was a beautiful person, a wonderful dancer, and she will be greatly missed by us all," the Boston Ballet said in a statement to The Associated Press.
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