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[davidwarner3]

Trailblazing ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince dies at 29

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[sleepynegress]

The news of Michaela DePrince's passing has me seriously shaken. She was so young and endured so much to reach the heights she had as a world-renowned superstar ballerina. If you can, take the time to hear her story in her own words in this TEDTalk from 10 years ago. She was a singular young woman. Be mindful, she is very candid about the horrors she endured as a young orphan in a war-torn country. Rest in Power, Mabinty 1995-2024 🦢💐

[leslie057]

what the absolute hell i just found out about michaela deprince

[sujooon]

Ballerina Michaela DePrince Passes Away at 29, Leaving Behind a Legacy of Inspiration

[myobsessionsspace]

RIP Michaela DePrince 🕊️🩰

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Update

Michaela’s mother Elaine DePrince passed away a day after Michaela.

[stranger-fanfiction-n-things]

PROLOGUE

(Gif and photo of Michaela DePrince)

This is an Original Character fanfiction. All Stranger Things characters and content are owned by Netflix and The Duffer Brothers.

a/n: This is my first fanfiction ever. I believe pacing and context is important in any story. This is going to be a slow burn. Hopefully this prologue gives you a little insight on who Diana Sinclair is separate from The Party.

I am a ballet dancer so there is a lot of dance terminology in this. I urge you all to look up some of these moves and positions.

Anywho, let me know what you all think!

Word Count: 1032

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PROLOGUE || PART I ||

Sunday November 6, 1983 - BELOV DANCE ACADEMY

Piqué tour. Piqué tour. Upper body. Piqué tour and…double pirouette en dedans. 

“Beautiful, Diana.” Madame Petrovna praises over the melodic rhythm. 

My cheeks grow hot and I continue to dance breathing deeply through my nose. I prepare myself for the hardest move: the Gargouillade. I still didn’t quite understand it, but let my body guide me through the movement. Extending my right foot dégagé to the side, rotating my leg in a small rond de jambe, while pushing off the floor with my left leg to do another rond de jambe with my left foot. 

“And jump!” Madame Petrovna exclaims. “Yes, yes.” 

I perform the gargouillade again, wincing slightly at the second rond de jambe. I didn’t circle my foot completely. 

“Don’t show me you’re tired, Diana. This move is supposed to look effortless.” 

I force myself to smile to hide my disappointment. Soutenu, soutenu, step, step. Double pirouette down to the knee and pose. 

“Good. Very Good girls.” Madam Petrovna says, clapping her hands in her poised manner. Which meant we could do better. “Waltz of the Flowers to the stage please.”  

We all curtsy before running off stage. As soon as my body disappears beyond the curtain, I deflate wiping the sweat off my forehead with the back of my hand. My cheeks burn from exertion. The Dance of Marzipan was a little over two minutes long but it was one of the hardest dances in The Nutcracker Showcase as lead. 

The Waltz of the Flowers orchestration begin shortly after and I watch the performance quietly on my own, swaying from side-to-side en pointe, the malleable shank of my pointe shoes bending with the arches of my feet with each shift in weight. I need to start breaking in my other pair of pointe shoes mom bought for me two weeks ago. These were dead. I glance at my wristwatch. 7:00pm. I sigh, exhaustion weighing down on me. We’re running late as usual. 

“You’re doing great,” a voice whispers near my ear. 

I whip around, clutching my necklace. 

 “Sorry for scaring you!” Mei Wong says. 

Mei Wong is the Sugar Plum Fairy in the annual showcase of The Nutcracker at Belov Dance Academy. She’s also a senior at Hawkins High, most of the girls at the Academy are. I didn’t talk to her or anyone much, my shyness getting the best of me. I always had Nancy until she quit last year. Mom says I need to “put myself out there more” and make new friends at the Academy. The proposition sounded like a death sentence. 

I sigh in relief, revealing a small smile. “It’s okay.” 

“I just wanted to say, you did so well in your routine. I think Madame Petrovna made a great choice picking you to be lead.” 

The audition process for lead was grueling and downright nasty. The girls at the Academy were extremely competitive and I didn’t have a competitive bone in my body, choosing to have fun and enjoy the experience. It didn’t mean I wanted the part less than the other girls. Deep down, I really wanted it and practiced every day after school until the auditions with help from Nancy, Barbara and Mom on technique and presentation. The voice at the back of my mind constantly nit-picked my skills. Taunting me with cruel words and insecure thoughts. You’re too short. You’re not good enough. You can’t dance. You will never be like Mei Wong or Sophie Miller. If it weren’t for Nancy, I would’ve made up an excuse to not audition. 

Two weeks later in the front room of the Academy, I held my head high as I walked to the bulletin board and saw my name across Lead Marzipan. 

“Thank you,” I say. “It means a lot coming from you.” 

“Don’t thank me, you deserve it. Have you ever thought about Juilliard?” 

Juilliard? Last month, Madame Petrovna announced that Mei Wong applied for Juilliard. That was huge for us small-towners. Unheard of even. Juilliard was Emerald City to us at Belov Dance Academy. A place where hopes and dreams can come true. 

I shake my head, toying with my pendant. “No.” 

“I think you should. I can definitely see you going there.” 

I blink unable to comprehend what I heard. Mei Wong is by far the best dancer at the Academy and she was telling me she can see me at Juilliard. The Mecca of all things art. The magical place far from home. Mei looks at me, concern etching her features and I realize I’m staring at her. 

“R-Really?” I stutter.

 “Of course!” 

 “Oh, wow.” I answer, sounding breathless in my ears. 

Mei nods her head in response and I sense the conversation is over. The silence is awkward and a wave of acid wells up in my stomach. I have so much to ask her, but the words are caught under the lump in my throat.  

“I’m gonna get ready with Ben. I’ll talk to you later?” 

I nod cursing violently in my head for being so…awkward. When Mei was far enough, I groan plopping myself down on the floor. Stretching my legs in a straddle split, I watch the girls in Waltz of the Flowers. I don’t pay attention because the acid in my stomach turned into butterflies. Juilliard. I never thought about the school until last month and now Mei thinks I should consider auditioning.

              You know dad won’t let you go. 

I lay down on my stomach resting my chin on the back of my hands. The butterflies in my stomach harden to knots. Juilliard is in New York. Dad wouldn’t even let me see Prince in Indianapolis. The closer to Hawkins, the better. Dad didn’t appreciate change. He was at peace in Hawkins and its simplicity. If he found out his baby girl wanted a life outside of Hawkins…I’m sure it’ll break his heart and I couldn’t stomach the possibility. The look on his face. 

I shake my head, pushing down the thought. I just started sophomore year and had more than enough time to think about college. Especially Juilliard. 

CHAPTER 1: THE VANISHING OF WILL BYERS

[msclaritea]

Michaela Mabinty DePrince was far more beautiful and graceful than the crap that Hollywood is currently pushing. I don't know why she died but if I had to guess, it may have been because of losing her parents, four years ago. It's despicable that trolls are linking her death to the covid vaccine without knowing any real information.

[peopleofthebarre]

I am immensely sad to hear about the death of Michaela DePrince, aleha ha-shalom. She was a gorgeous dancer and a committed, influential activist for many causes in the ballet world and the world at large. I can't imagine the pain her family must be feeling after so many losses in so short a span. May her memory be for a blessing (I feel it already is).

[theministerofwellness]

The TRUTH ABOUT the TRAGIC DEATH Of Ballerina Michaela DePrince At JUST ...

[aspiringbelle]

This is tragic.

It's been noted before that people who care for each other often die together. She may not have directly known, but the possibility is there.

[accras]

Trailblazing ballerina Michaela DePrince has died suddenly aged 29, her spokesperson revealed Friday. 

DePrince's family have not offered a cause of death for the young dancer, who won waves of fans by sharing her story as an orphan who escaped violence in Sierra Leone to become a world-renowned ballerina. [x]

Michaela DePrince has sadly passed away at the age of 29

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[peopleofthebarre]

Source. Image and text are replicated from DePrince’s Instagram post on the matter in July of 2020.

Announcing the death of Michaela DePrince’s father, Charles DePrince z”l (of blessed memory).

“I want to say thank you to everyone for sending their condolences. It truly means a lot for me and my family. This has been a rough three weeks since my father passed but it’s also been a hard four months having trouble with anxiety, feeling out of control, the safety of black lives and my safety as a black small woman... and not being able to go home to say goodbye to my father because of Covid - 19.

As many of you know this is the second father I’ve lost in my short 25 years on this earth. I’ve lost a lot of people and losing someone who not only gave you a second chance to live but who has always supported you is hard to think that that person is gone. Excepting loss is never easy as I well know, but this loss was really hard for me.

I’ve been so blessed to have so much amazing support from my fans, my family, my family of friends, my team and by my amazing boyfriend’s family and friends.

The reason I’m posting this message is to let everyone know that I’m still fighting and supporting all my brown and black beauties. I still need a bit more time to grieve but I’ll be back soon to show how important and how special our brown and black artists are in the dance world.

And to anyone out there especially in the dance world, please use whatever platform you have to educate yourself and others. Black artists have been fighting to feel like they belong in this art form for far too long. Also to all dance companies, please do the same. Don’t make excuses...Don’t just celebrate us on a specific month. Celebrate us everyday. Show us that we matter. That this isn’t a publicity stunt to help cover your mistakes. Show us and educate others that our voices matter.

I support all my black and brown beauties. You matter. We matter. #allblacklivesmatter ✊🏾🖤”

POTB suggests you follow Michaela’s advice regarding the dance world. One way to demonstrate support and offer condolences is to donate in Charles DePrince‘s z”l memory. POTB recommends MoBBallet to support Black histories and futures in ballet,  AdvocAid SL to support women’s and children’s access to legal support in Michaela’s country of birth, VluchtelingenWerk Nederlands to support refugees in Michaela’s country of work, or your local mutual aid network.

[lplukepalmer]

Michaela Mabinty DePrince is a Sierra Leonean-American ballet dancer. Born Mabinty Bangura into a Muslim family, she grew up as an orphan in Sierra Leone after her uncle brought her to an orphanage during the civil war. Her adoptive parents were told that her father was shot and killed by the Revolutionary United Front when she was three years old, and that her mother starved to death soon after. Frequently malnourished, mistreated, and derided as a "devil's child" because of vitiligo, a skin condition causing depigmentation, she fled to a refugee camp after her orphanage was bombed. In 1999, at the age of four, she and another girl, also named Mabinty (later given the name Mia), were adopted by Elaine and Charles DePrince, a Jewish couple from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and taken to the United States. She rose to fame after starring in the documentary First Position in 2011, following her and other young ballet dancers as they prepared to compete at the Youth America Grand Prix. She currently dances as a soloist for the Dutch National Ballet. Since 2016 Michaela is a goodwill ambassador with the Dutch organisation War Child, based in Amsterdam. Inspired by a magazine cover of a ballerina she found and kept while in Sierra Leone, DePrince trained as a ballet dancer in the U.S, performing at the Youth America Grand Prix among other competitions. She pursued a professional career despite encountering instances of racial discrimination: aged eight, she was told that she couldn't perform as Marie in The Nutcracker because "America's not ready for a black girl ballerina", and a year later, a teacher told her mother that black dancers weren't worth investing money in. DePrince was one of the stars of the 2011 documentary film First Position, which follows six young dancers vying for a place in an elite ballet company or school, and performed on the TV show Dancing with the Stars. In 2011 she made her European debut in 'Abdallah and the Gazelle of Basra' with De Dutch Don't Dance Division (Dance Company The Hague, NL), The Hague, Netherlands. She came back there a year later to dance The Sugar Plum Fairy in 'The Nutcracker' at the Lucent Dance Theatre. In 2012, she g https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp5dmf_g-ry/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xwmwwxkxzi20

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