Michaela Deprince

About Michaela Deprince

Sierra Leonean-American ballet dancer who was one of the stars in the 2011 documentary First Position and appeared on the reality television show Dancing with the Stars.

Michaela Mabinty DePrince is a Sierra Leonean American ballet dancer. Along with her adoptive mother, Elaine DePrince, Michaela wrote the book Flying Airplane: From a war orphan to star ballerina. She gained popularity after starring in the 2011 documentary First Position, following her and other young ballet dancers as they prepare to compete at the Youth America Grand Prix. She previously danced with the Dance Theater in Harlem as the youngest dancer in company history and is currently dancing as a soloist for the National Ballet of the Netherlands. Since 2016, Michaela has been a goodwill ambassador for the Dutch organization War Child, based in Amsterdam.

Occupation	Ballet dancer
Education	Keystone National High School, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School
Born	Mabinty Bangura, January 06, 1995, Kenema, Sierra Leone
Years active	2012-present

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Michaela Deprince before fame

In the United States, she studied ballet and competed in the Youth America Grand Prix.

Achievement of Michaela Deprince

In 2013, she became a member of the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Michaela Deprince family life

When she was four years old, she was adopted together with another child named Mia by a second set of parents in New Jersey.

Associations of Michaela Deprince

She and Victoria Dillard were both members of the Harlem Dance Theatre.

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