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Ballerina Michaela Mabinty Deprince who was principal soloist for the Boston Ballet has died at age 29 her family announced Sept 13.
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No cause of death has been released.
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DePrince was born Mabinty in Sierra Leone in 1995 but was sent to an orphanage after parents died during the country 11 year civil war.
At age of 4 she was adopted by American family who spoke out to announce grief after ballerina passing.
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DePrince sister Mia Mabinty Deprince with whom she was adopted from Sierra Leon as children added her emotion on her sister death writing “I am truly in a state of shock and deep sadness. My beautiful sister is no longer here”
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DePrince was born Mabinty in Sierra Leone in 1995, but was soon sent to an orphanage after both of her parents died during 11 year civil war in country.
She was adopted by American family at age of 4 who spoke out to share their grief after ballerina died.
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It is with profound sadness we announce the sudden passing of our beautiful sisters, Michaela Mabinty Deprince “The Deprince family reveal in a statement on Facebook.
“Michaela touched so many lives across the world, including ours. She was an unforgettable inspiration to everyone who knew her or heard her story.”
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She and Mia were adopted by family in New Jersey her parents enrolled her at the Rock School of Dance in philadelphia.
She studied at the American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School of Ballet before joining the Dance Theatre of Harlem in 2012.
DePrince was a dancer for the Dutch National Ballet and in 2021 joined the Boston Ballet as a principal soloist.
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DePrince is survived by her sister Mia as well as sister Beelee, Jaye, Amie and Mariesl as well as her brothers Erik and Adam.
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The Boston Ballet posted a statement on Instagram “We are sending our love and support to the family of Michaela Mabinty Deprince at this time of loss”.
“We were so fortunate to know Mabinty” the group said. She was a beautiful person a wonderful dancer and will be greatly missed by us all”
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Deprince had been very talkative about the problems of her childhood growing up in an orphanage sharing it was there she discovered a discarded magazine which would lead her down the path to becoming a professional ballerina.
“There was a lady on it” she told the media in 2012 of the magazine.
“She was on her tippy toes in this pink beautiful tutu. I had never seen anything like this a costume that stuck out with glitter on it. with so much beauty. I could just see the beauty in that person and the hope and love and just everything that I did not have”