11-year-old Nigerian boy who went viral dancing barefoot in the rain gets US scholarshipAn 11-year-old Nigerian boy went viral a few weeks ago when millions of people watched a video of him dancing ballet barefoot in the rain — and now the talented youngster has won a scholarship to New York’s prestigious American Ballet Theatre, the Daily Mail of UK reported on Tuesday. In the clip, he is seen outside his dance studio, Leap of Dance Academy, practicing on muddy pavement that is wet from rain. “Any time my mum sends me on an errand, I dance ballet before I go to that place and it makes me feel very, very happy. Then, next year, he’ll travel to the US to train further with a scholarship from Ballet Beyond Borders. “When my friends see me dancing, they feel like, what is this boy doing, is he doing a foreign dance?’ he told Reuters.

Source: Nigerian Tribune August 11, 2020 16:52 UTC