Young Nigerian lives dream of being a ballet dancer

Madu was spotted by Elmhurst Ballet School after a video of him pirouetting in a disadvantaged area in Lagos, a city of 20 million people, went viral.

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A student of the Leap of Dance Academy at the time, Anthony Madu performs a ballet dance routine in front of his mother's shop in Okelola street in Ajangbadi, Lagos on July 3, 2020. (AFP)
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LAGOS - After one viral video in 2020, Nigerian Anthony Madu went from pirouetting on the dusty streets of Lagos to dancing in the corridors of a prestigious

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