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

Advertising Michaela DePrince, 29, 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 ...

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Columnist Jennifer Lynne honors the legacy of ballerina Michaela DePrince and her incredible family, which had a link to hemophilia.

While living in an orphanage in her war-torn country, she dreamed of being happy, powerful and successful.

Renowned ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince and her adoptive mother died within one day of each other, their family confirmed to ABC News this week.

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

Renowned ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince and her adoptive mother died within one day of each other, their family ...

Elaine adopted Michaela and her sister, Mia DePrince, in 1999 when Michaela was 4 years old. Their biological parents died, ...

Renowned ballet dancer and advocate, Michaela DePrince died on Tuesday Sept. 10. She was 29. On Friday Sept. 13 her team took ...

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