Michaela Mabinty DePrince, the ballerina born during a civil war in Sierra Leone who performed in Beyoncé's 'Lemonade' visual album, has died, according to an announcement posted to her official ...

Michaela DePrince — the talented Sierra Leonean-American ballerina who captured hearts around the world — has died. She was just 29 years old. Her cause of death has not been disclosed. According to ...

When Michaela DePrince was living in an orphanage during Sierra Leone’s civil war in the late 1990s, death was all around her: Her parents were gone, her uncle had abandoned her, and she witnessed the ...

Whenever 18-year-old ballerina Michaela DePrince leapt across the stage in front of Meryl Streep, Angelina Jolie and others at the recent Women in the World Summit, it seemed as if she was flying.

This Sunday, NBC News correspondent Kate Snow reports on the inspirational story of Michaela DePrince, a young woman who overcame incomprehensible obstacles: losing her parents in Sierra Leone’s civil ...