taking flight from war orphan to star ballerina

There she became the eighth of their eleven children, nine of whom were adopted. Soon after the discovery of the ballerina, Michaela was adopted by an American family that encouraged her to pursue her passion for ballet. Once she saw this, Michaela became determined to be just like that ballerina. On its cover was a photograph of a beautiful ballerina en pointe.

While there Michaela found a magazine stuck to the orphanage gate. There she was taunted and abused by the women who cared for the children because she had a skin condition called vitiligo, which made her appear spotted. After rebels killed her father, and her mother died, her uncle left her at an orphanage. Michaela DePrince was born in war-torn Sierra Leone during the decade long civil war that took place there. In this engaging, moving, and unforgettable memoir, Michaela shares her dramatic journey from an orphan in West Africa to becoming one of ballet's most exciting rising stars. She has appeared in the ballet documentary 'First Position,' as well as on 'Dancing with the Stars, Good Morning America,' and 'Nightline.' She went on to study at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at the American Ballet Theatre and is currently a member of the Dutch National Ballet’s junior company.

But it was at the orphanage that Michaela would find a picture of a beautiful ballerina en pointe that would help change the course of her life.Īt the age of four, Michaela was adopted by an American family, who encouraged her love of dancing and enrolled her in classes. Michaela DePrince was known as girl Number 27 at the orphanage, where she was abandoned at a young age and tormented as a 'devil child' for a skin condition that makes her skin appear spotted. Urn:lcp:takingflightfrom0000depr_u5i6:epub:1f8622c0-cb77-4e92-a8b1-78d989b3f3c6 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier takingflightfrom0000depr_u5i6 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t3f020f9k Invoice 1652 Isbn 9780385755115Ġ385755147 Lccn 2013048188 Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-alpha-20201231-10-g1236 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9886 Ocr_module_version 0.0.13 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-WL-1200047 Page_number_confidence 85.87 Pages 278 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.14 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210626152943 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 243 Scandate 20210616102406 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780385755146 Tts_version 4.The extraordinary memoir of Michaela DePrince, a young dancer who escaped war-torn Sierra Leone for the rarefied heights of American ballet.

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Taking flight from war orphan to star ballerina