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

"Her legacy will continue to inspire generations of dancers, but her absence leaves a void that will be felt deeply," said ...

Professional ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who once performed alongside Beyoncé, has died. She was 29. "With pain ...

Professional ballet dancer Michaela DePrince —who was featured on Dancing with the Stars and Beyoncé's Lemonade —is dead at ...

Michaela Mabinty DePrince, a ballerina born in war-torn Sierra Leone and featured in Beyoncé’s Lemonade, has died at the age ...

Elaine DePrince, the mother of ballerina Michaela DePrince, died within 24 hours of her daughter, having no idea she had died.

Michaela DePrince, a ballerina who was born in war-torn Sierra Leone before gaining stardom with the Dance Theatre of Harlem, ...

STORY: Sierra Leonean ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who starred in Beyonce’s “Lemonade” visual album and in TV show “Dancing with the Stars,” died on Friday at the age of 29, her family said.

Michaela died before Elaine and Elaine did not know of Michaela’s passing at the time,” the family said in a statement.

Grieving two family members who died within a 24 hour period is tragic and devastating,” a family spokesperson said.

Elaine DePrince, the mother of world-renowned ballerina and humanitarian Michaela DePrince, died a day after her daughter’s ...