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Michaela DePrince

Born

in Kenema, Sierra Leone

January 06, 1995

Died

September 10, 2024

Website

http://www.michaeladeprince.com/

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Michaela Mabinty DePrince was a Sierra Leonean-American ballet dancer who danced with the Boston Ballet.

DePrince rose to fame after starring in the documentary First Position in 2011, which followed her and other young ballet dancers as they prepared to compete at the Youth America Grand Prix. In 2013, DePrince danced with the Dance Theatre of Harlem as the youngest dancer in the history of the company, and, in the same year, was a soloist with the Dutch National Ballet.

With her adoptive mother, Elaine DePrince, she authored the book Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina (2014). From 2016 to 2024, she was a goodwill ambassador with the Amsterdam-based organization War Child.

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Michaela DePrince’s books

Average rating: 4.26 · 7,486 ratings · 971 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina by Michaela DePrince, Elaine DePrince (with) 4.25 avg rating — 5,600 ratings — published 2014 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hope in a Ballet Shoe: Orphaned by war, saved by ballet: an extraordinary true story by Michaela DePrince, Elaine DePrince 4.28 avg rating — 1,598 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ballerina Dreams: From Orphan to Dancer (Step Into Reading, Step 4) 4.29 avg rating — 288 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“We were blessed, and with blessing comes responsibility.”
― Michaela DePrince, Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina

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“I was graceful in the ballet studio, but elsewhere I was always tripping and running into things. And I was constantly spilling food on my clothes.”
― Michaela DePrince, Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina

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“At that time there weren’t a lot of little boys taking ballet, so some of the girls had been cast as Party Boys. They were often the ones crying. It seemed that nobody wanted to be a Party Boy.”
― Michaela DePrince, Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina

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