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Epstein, Eli, and Jennifer Polland (July 5, 2012), [http://www.businessinsider.com/the-most-impressive-high-school-kids-graduating-this-year-2012-6?op=1#ixzz1zmVSMYAE "The Most Impressive Kids Graduating From High School This Year"], ''Business Insider''.</ref>
DePrince pursued a professional career despite encountering instances of racial discrimination. According to her mother, at age eight, she was told that she could not perform as Marie in ''[[The Nutcracker]]'' because "America's not ready for a Black girl ballerina." Her mother said that a year later a teacher told her that Black dancers were not worth investing money in, because they "end up having big boobs and big hips
DePrince was one of the stars of the 2011 documentary film ''[[First Position]]'', which follows six young dancers vying for a place in an elite ballet company or school at the Youth America Grand Prix.<ref name="Teen Vogue May 2012">{{cite news|last=Garrett |first=Giannella |title=Defying Gravity: Teen Ballerina Michaela DePrince |url=http://www.teenvogue.com/connect/2012/05/teen-ballerina-michaela-deprince |access-date=July 17, 2012 |newspaper=[[Teen Vogue]] |date=May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616160416/http://www.teenvogue.com/connect/2012/05/teen-ballerina-michaela-deprince |archive-date=June 16, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was awarded a scholarship to study at the [[American Ballet Theatre]]'s [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School (ballet)|Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School of Ballet]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Towers |first=Deirdre |date=August 21, 2013 |title=The Incredible Rise of a Young Ballerina, Michaela DePrince |url=https://www.dance-enthusiast.com/features/day-in-the-life/view/The-Incredible-Rise-of-a-Young-Ballerina-Michaela-DePrince.-2013-08-21 |access-date=September 14, 2024 |work=The Dance Enthusiast}}</ref> She also performed on the television program ''[[Dancing with the Stars]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/08/michaela-deprince_n_1500361.html | work=Huffington Post | title=Defying The Odds: 1 Ballerina's Incredible Journey From African Orphanage To Center Stage | date=May 8, 2012}}</ref> In 2011, she made her European debut in ''Abdallah and the Gazelle of Basra'' with De Dutch Don't Dance Division, a dance company in [[The Hague]], Netherlands.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015 |title=DeDDDD: Dancing in Winter Wonderland |url=https://www.thehagueonline.com/event/dedddd-dancing-in-winter-wonderland |access-date=September 14, 2024 |website=The Hague Online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 13, 2024 |title=In Memoriam Michaela DePrince |url=https://www.operaballet.nl/en/news/memoriam-michaela-deprince |access-date=September 14, 2024 |website=Nationale Opera & Ballet}}</ref> She returned a year later to dance the Sugar Plum Fairy in [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky's]] ''[[The Nutcracker]]'' at the Lucent Dance Theatre.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012 |title=The Nutcracker Returns to The Hague this Christmas! |url=https://www.thehagueonline.com/event/weekend-special-28-30-december |access-date=September 14, 2024 |website=The Hague Online}}</ref>
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