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A Kenyan teenager has been climbing the ladder of classical ballet stardom, in a country not usually associated with this artistic dance.
Joel Kioko is arguably Kenya’s most promising young ballet dancer.
Kioko grew up in Nairobi’s Kuwinda slum and took his first dance class five years ago in a public school classroom, with bare walls, no barre and no mirror, the desks and chairs pushed outside.
He now teaches holiday classes to aspiring dancers in Kibera, the Kenyan capital’s biggest slum.
Take a look.
