By Niela Orr In 1999, when Michaela DePrince was just 4 years old ... The orphanage ranked the children — 24 girls and three boys — based on which were thought to be the most adoptable ...

Michaela DePrince was actively involved in helping children in areas of war conflict and thus her family urged that in place ...

Ballet sustains in this lyrical homage emphasizing the early challenges that dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince (1995–2024) overcame on her path to the professional stage. As an orphaned child in ...

Michaela was 4 years old when the two girls were adopted by Charles and Elaine DePrince, a New Jersey couple who ultimately ...

Ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince, 29, has died ... As a young girl in Sierra Leone, she was called “devil child” because of her vitiligo. Her ballet dreams took root in the orphanage ...

Michaela (Mabinty) and I used to make up our own musical theatre plays and act them out," Mia wrote in a statement. DePrince's sister said the pair used to create their own ballets as children ...