Thursday, July 12, 2012

Star ballerina born into war grows up to inspire

Michaela DePrince rehearses for her lead role in Le Corsaire in Johannesburg on Tuesday. DePrince, who was born in Sierra Leone, escaped the civil war and was adopted by a family in the U.S. This will be DePrince's first professional full ballet role.Michaela DePrince was little more than a toddler when she saw her first ballerina ? an image in a magazine page blown against the gate of the orphanage where she ended up during Sierra Leone's civil war.




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