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In 1999, at the age of four, [8] she and another girl, also named Mabinty, were adopted by Elaine and Charles DePrince, a couple from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and taken to the United States. [ 4 ] [ 9 ] She was given the new name Michaela Mabinty DePrince, named after Michael, an adopted son of the DePrinces who had died of AIDS during the ...
Elaine DePrince (née DiGiacomo, August 6, 1947 – September 11, 2024) was an American author, hemophilia activist, teacher, and advocate of adoptive parenting.The mother of 11 children, she is best known as the adoptive mother of ballet star Michaela DePrince and the co-author of her memoir, Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina (2014).
Ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who defied the odds of her early childhood in war-torn Sierra Leone to become a trailblazing performer and choreographer, has died.
Michaela Mabinty DePrince, a shining star in the ballet world who once danced in a Beyoncé video, has died too soon at the age of 29. DePrince's family confirmed the news of her passing on social ...
Michaela DePrince, Boston Ballet dancer who performed alongside Beyoncé, died on Sept. 10, 2024 at the age of 29.. Michaela DePrince's death was announced on Friday through a post on her ...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — 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 a statement. She was 29. “Michaela touched so many lives across the world, including ours.
Michaela Mabinty DePrince was called to ballet at a young age, telling Glamour in 2015 that a magazine cover featuring a ballerina en pointe landed on her face while she was outside her orphanage ...
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