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| Michaela DePrince "Portrait" Dutch National Ballet's Gala 8 Sept 2018
Photo Michel Schnater
© 2018 Dutch National Ballet: all rights reserved
Reproduced with kind permission of the company |
Michaela DePrince Portrait (Opening night gala of the Dutch National Ballet) Stopera 8 Sep 2018 19:30
In my review of the Dutch National Ballet's opening night gala, I wrote that the evening was special for all sorts of reasons:
"Some of those were obvious such as the brilliance of the performances and the sense of occasion. Others were personal reasons like the expression of pride on the face of my former ward (the nearest I have to a daughter) as she spotted Michaela DePrince in the grand defilé. My ward also came from Sierra Leone. Having suffered from civil war and ebola Sierra Leone has not had much to cheer about lately. DePrince's success is an exception. It is unadulterated good news and an enormous source of pride even to Sierra Leoneans who have never seen a ballet. Recently DePrince sustained an injury that has kept her from her public far too long. Seeing her dance again on Saturday in Peter Leung's Portrait was a joy. That alone justified the trip to Amsterdam as far as I am concerned."I can't really add to that. Here is another glorious photo of Michaela DePrince in that role.
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Photo Michel Schnater
© 2018 Dutch National Ballet: all rights reserved
Reproduced with kind permission of the company |
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