One woman's extraordinary journey from the bullets of Sierra Leone to the ballet of New York.
Michaela DePrince was born in 1995 in Sierra Leone. After the
deaths of her parents, she moved to an orphanage from which she was
adopted and taken to the US in 1999.
Elaine DePrince, her new mother, noticed Michaela's obsession with
ballet and allowed her to begin lessons. Michaela went on to study
on a scholarship at the Rock School for Dance Education and The
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at The American Ballet Theatre,
and is now a professional ballerina, who danced principal with The
Dance Theatre of Harlem, in guest principal roles in South Africa
and The Netherlands, and is now just starting with The Dutch
National Ballet.
Michaela featured in the documentary First Position. Speaking out
about her experiences, she is recognised throughout the world as an
inspirational woman: she featured in Huffington Post's Most Amazing
Young People of the Year and Newsweek's 125 Women of Impact. She
has spoken at the United Nations for children affected by war and
the Women in the World conference.
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