Ballerina Michaela DePrince has died aged 29, her family has announced. The death of the dancer, born in Sierra Leone and who performed with stars across the world and appeared on Dancing with the Stars aged just 17,

Ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who came to the United States from an orphanage in war-torn Sierra Leone and performed on some of the world’s biggest stages, has died

Michaela DePrince, a world-famous ballerina, died at the age of 29. The details surrounding her sudden death are not immediately known.