Michaela DePrince arrived at the U.S being an orphan at a very young age from a war devastated Sierra Leone with vivid dreams of becoming a ballerina dancer one day. The family of the great ...

Ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who came to the United States from an orphanage in war-torn Sierra Leone and performed on some of the world's biggest stages, has died, her family said in ...

Michaela DePrince, one of the ballet world’s brightest stars, has died. She was 29. An orphan of war in Sierra Leone, DePrince moved to the United States while still an infant and went on to ...