DePrince was born Mabinty Bangura in Kenema, Sierra Leone, in 1995. She grew up in an orphanage, where she was mistreated for ...

When Michaela DePrince was living in an orphanage during Sierra Leone’s civil war in the late 1990s, death was all around her ...

Elaine DePrince, the adoptive mother of ballerina Michaela DePrince, passed away one day after Michaela's sudden death at age ...

Professional ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince joined Boston Ballet in 2021, three years before her death at age 29 ...

The trailblazing ballerina was 29 at the time of her death. While few details are known about her death on Sept. 10, the ...

Ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who came to the United States from an orphanage in war-torn Sierra Leone, has died, ...

Michaela died before Elaine and Elaine did not know of Michaela’s passing at the time,” the family said in a statement.

Michaela DePrince, an orphan from war-torn Sierra Leone who danced to global fame as a ballerina, performing with the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam and collaborating with Beyoncé on the musical ...

Ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who performed with Beyoncé and was seen by many as a trailblazer, has died at the age of ...

Michaela Mabinty DePrince, a ballerina born in war-torn Sierra Leone and featured in Beyoncé’s Lemonade, has died at the age ...

In an impoverished orphanage in Sierra Leone, she longed to dance ballet. After being adopted by American parents, her improbable dream came true. By Alex Traub Michaela DePrince, an acclaimed ...

DePrince's story was inspiring to many. She persevered through hardship on her journey to becoming a celebrated ballet dancer ...