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After ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince died abruptly astatine the property of 29, longtime ballet instrumentality Jennifer Garner honored the Boston Ballet main soloist.
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Jennifer Garner is remembering an awesome endowment successful the dancing world.
The 52-year-old reposted a tribute to late ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince connected Sept. 14, penning connected her Instagram Story, “Such a beauteous dancer: Rest successful peace.”
News of Michaela’s decease was announced connected her Instagram relationship connected Sept. 13. The Boston Ballet main soloist was 29.
"Her beingness was 1 defined by grace, purpose, and strength," the connection read. "Her unwavering committedness to her art, her humanitarian efforts, and her courageousness successful overcoming unimaginable challenges volition everlastingly animate us."
They added, "Though her clip with america was acold excessively brief, her brilliance and bequest volition proceed to radiance successful the hearts of each who were touched by her story, for generations to come."
Michaela and her sister Mia were adopted from Sierra Leone by their household successful New Jersey, and her parents enrolled her astatine the Rock School of Dance successful Philadelphia. She past studied astatine the American Ballet Theatre's Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School of Ballet earlier joining the Dance Theatre of Harlem successful 2012. Michaela was besides a dancer for the Dutch National Ballet, and successful 2021 joined the Boston Ballet arsenic a main soloist.
The Boston Ballet posted their ain connection honoring their soloist, writing connected Instagram, "We're sending our emotion and enactment to the household of Michaela Mabinty DePrince astatine this clip of loss."
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According to her family's statement, DePrince is survived by her sister Mia, arsenic good arsenic sisters Beelee, Jaye, Mariel and Amie, as good as her brothers Adam and Erik.
As for Garner, the Alias prima has a agelong past with ballet. In 2021 for International Dance Day, she tried retired immoderate ballet moves, admitting astatine the clip that she hadn’t practiced ballet successful decades.
"Bless this aged gal's heart," the 13 Going connected 30 actress self-deprecatingly wrote astir herself arsenic the caption of her post. "She hasn't held a 4th presumption successful a bully mates decades."
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