Professional dancer Michaela DePrince, who captured hearts worldwide, has died at 29. The trailblazing ballerina was featured in the 2021 movie “Coppelia.” She also appeared on “Dancing With the Stars” during AT&T’s 2012 spotlight performance and in Beyoncé’s Emmy-nominated 2016 “Lemonade” musical film.

DePrince was born Mabinty Bangura in Kenema, Sierra Leone on January 6, 1995. She grew up as an orphan from the age of three after her father was reportedly shot and killed by the Revolutionary United Front and her mother starved to death.

Michaela Mabinty DePrince, the ballerina born during a civil war in Sierra Leone who performed in Beyonce’s ‘Lemonade’ music video died at 29 according to an announcement posted to her official Instagram page on Friday.

Michaela Mabinty DePrince, the inspiring ballerina who was was orphaned in Sierra Leone before eventually being adopted by a New Jersey couple and soaring to the top of the dance world, has died at the age of 29.

Michaela DePrince was born in Sierra Leone and lived in an orphanage until she was adopted by a New Jersey family.

Ms. DePrince, orphaned during the Sierra Leone civil war, rose to worldwide fame. "When I look back at all the things I’ve been through and everything I’ve accomplished,” she said in 2015, “I realize,

Michaela DePrince, whose dance career spanned several ballet companies and collaborations with Beyoncé and Madonna, died last week. She was 29.

A day after Boston ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince died at the age of 29, her adopted mother Elaine DePrince died at 77 during a routine procedure.

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

Elaine DePrince died on Wednesday, Sept. 11, just after the death of her adoptive daughter Michaela the day before